If you would like to explore where we got our information, or learn more about this topic:
Maddy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream
http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/gulf-stream.html
http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0749-0208%281997%2913%3A3%3C656%3AOASOHO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8&origin=serialsolutions
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/mgch.html
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/terminology
library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/edocs/katrinawh.pdf
Caitlin:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/hurricane.htm
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/hurricane2.html
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanebook.pdf
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml
Peter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typical_North_Atlantic_Tropical_Cyclone_Formation_in_September.png
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A15.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_andrew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/Table4.htm
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/
http://www.adriansweather.com/hurricanehazards.htm
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=hurricane+destruction&hl=en&safe=off&biw=762&bih=604&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=5_3OGKmQnSYcUM:&imgrefurl=http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter15/destruction.html&docid=kGFWk6xvQ9goRM&imgurl=http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter15/graphics/katrina_storm_surge.bmp&w=747&h=682&ei=ctDjTubyHare0QGYwtjdBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=323&vpy=164&dur=3332&hovh=214&hovw=235&tx=196&ty=163&sig=100676449047138183777&page=1&tbnh=112&tbnw=123&&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
Injoong:
http://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/disaster_planning_goal.pdf
http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/news/idm/2006/jun-2006-tehuantepec-eddies/index.html?
http://www.igotmold.net/1211/mold-worries-new-orleans/
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/publication/communities/Gulf_Summary_Communities.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States#Metropolitan_areas
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/images/figure1.1.gif
Maddy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream
http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/gulf-stream.html
http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0749-0208%281997%2913%3A3%3C656%3AOASOHO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8&origin=serialsolutions
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/mgch.html
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/terminology
library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/edocs/katrinawh.pdf
Caitlin:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/hurricane.htm
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/hurricane2.html
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanebook.pdf
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml
Peter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Typical_North_Atlantic_Tropical_Cyclone_Formation_in_September.png
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A15.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_andrew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/Table4.htm
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/
http://www.adriansweather.com/hurricanehazards.htm
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=hurricane+destruction&hl=en&safe=off&biw=762&bih=604&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=5_3OGKmQnSYcUM:&imgrefurl=http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter15/destruction.html&docid=kGFWk6xvQ9goRM&imgurl=http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter15/graphics/katrina_storm_surge.bmp&w=747&h=682&ei=ctDjTubyHare0QGYwtjdBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=323&vpy=164&dur=3332&hovh=214&hovw=235&tx=196&ty=163&sig=100676449047138183777&page=1&tbnh=112&tbnw=123&&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
Injoong:
http://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/disaster_planning_goal.pdf
http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/news/idm/2006/jun-2006-tehuantepec-eddies/index.html?
http://www.igotmold.net/1211/mold-worries-new-orleans/
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/publication/communities/Gulf_Summary_Communities.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States#Metropolitan_areas
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/images/figure1.1.gif