Moreover brokers who hire the services of an agent look for applicants who possess maturity, good judgment and honesty. * Since an agent works for a broker, under whom, many other agents also work; he needs to know the whole setup of the business and how it is run. Since people want to look at houses during their off time such as evenings and weekends, the agent should be available at such times.9 Safety Tips For Real Estate Agents A real estate agent is the most sought after by the home sellers or buyers. But is the market quite so? Can anyone make quick money by investing in real estate? Unfortunately, it is not quite so, although we rarely, if ever, hear people loosing money in real estate investment. Agents should have a pleasant personality, present a neat appearance, should have the details on his finger tips and a good memory for names, faces and business particulars. This requires good judgment trait on the part of the agent. Planning will make his tasks easier and he can have a check on his agendas such as visits, appointments, selling plans and so on. A week’s or a month’s prevailing price may not hold true for the coming days. They should value their own time and energy as well as their clients. And for the speculators, do not go for the forecasts. In this highly competitive business, there are many other agents, for example, fighting for a property to include in their own listings. Further more, the

Hurricane Katrina

Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)
Hurricane Katrina near peak strength on August 28, 2005
Formed	August 23, 2005
Dissipated	August 31, 2005
Highest winds	175 mph (280 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure	902 mbar (hPa; 26.65 inHg)
Fatalities	1,836 total
Damage	$81.2 billion (2005 USD) $86 billion (2007 USD) (Costliest Atlantic hurricane in history)
Areas affected	Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America
Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Katrina 2005 Atlantic hurricane season

General Timeline Meteorological history Preparations New Orleans preparedness Impact Economic effects Political effects Criticism of gov't response Social effects Effects by region Effects on Mississippi Effects on New Orleans Levee failures Infrastructure repairs Reconstruction Relief Disaster relief International response Analysis Alternative theories Historical context Media coverage Other wikis Commons: Katrina images Wikinews: Katrina stories Wikisource: Katrina sources

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf Coast. The most severe loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. The hurricane caused severe destruction across the entire Mississippi coast and into Alabama, as far as 100 miles (160 km) from the storm's center. Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season.

It formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there, before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and becoming one of the strongest hurricanes on record while at sea. The storm weakened before making its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 storm on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line, respectively.

The storm surge caused severe damage along the Gulf Coast, devastating the Mississippi cities of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula. In Louisiana, the federal flood protection system in New Orleans failed in more than 50 places. Nearly every levee in metro New Orleans breached as Hurricane Katrina passed east of the city, subsequently flooding 80% of the city and many areas of neighboring parishes for weeks.

At least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The catastrophic failure of the flood protection in New Orleans prompted immediate review of the Army Corps of Engineers since the agency has by congressional mandate sole responsibility for design and construction of the flood protection. There was also widespread criticism of the federal, state and local governments' reaction to the storm and resulting in an investigation by the U.S. Congress and the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown. Conversely, the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service were widely commended for accurate forecasts and abundant lead time.

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