Value of Professional Engineers During Hurricane Season (Infographic)

Hurricanes are cause for concern for everyone near the Atlantic Ocean. Within minutes of its onslaught, everything built in a span of a few years, gone in seconds. Not only the properties are affected, but also lives and livelihood are lost. During the past years, more and more hurricanes have been stronger, bringing in much bigger damage and fear to the people in the United States. From June to November, at least 4 hurricanes are expected to hit the country.

In 2005, the entire southeast U.S. was under siege of one of the largest and strongest hurricanes in history, Hurricane Katrina. The final death toll from Katrina was at 1,836, primarily from Louisiana (1,577) and Mississippi (238). Billions of dollars worth of property, infrastructure and livelihood were destroyed within minutes of onslaught.