It seems plants also can respond to certain kinds of stress in a similar way. Producing, for example, more bloom and seed, or even blooming out of season if the stress is great enough. For example, after Hurricane Katrina, which occurred in late August, 2005, some plants in the hardest hit region, i.e., the Mississippi Gulf Coast region, opened buds and flowered that same Fall. The plants that did this are plants that normally form their flower buds in the Fall, carry them through the winter, and open them in the early spring.