Predicting Tragedy and Taking Risks--New Orleans and Katrina

This is a map of the flood zones in Orleans Parish, what is legally known as New Orleans. In which areas would you predict property owners to be required by law to buy flood insurance? Why?

Now, Notice that only the property owners in the sparse yellow areas are required by law to have flood insurance.

This second map shows adjacent parishes like Jefferson and St. Bernard, as well as a mark for each area where one or more deaths occurred due to the storm--i.e., where people did not evacuate. Obviously, superimposing the two maps shows something about people's thought processes and faith. Write a short description of it to read to the class.

Now, imagine another similar experience which may have happened to you or someone you know and make a story 5 sentences or longer. Pay attention to how you use the progressive and simple past.