...caused by the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The key word is preventable. In natural disasters, death tends to be inevitable, however the death toll of hurricane Katrina was not supposed to be as drastic as it was. Between the major levees falling after being neglected and not updated after continuous warning, to the lack of action to prepare even with knowledge a year prior to the hurricane, the event that took place after hurricane katrina were clearly...
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...Hurricane Katrina was a devastating storm, but not a lot of people know how it was born, how it turned into a hurricane, and how its life ended. Hurricane Katrina was first born over the waters of the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 (“Hurricane Katrina”¬¬¬¬). On the next day, it was officially declared a tropical storm and was given the name Tropical Storm Katrina (Caravantes 5). Soon after it was named, it went towards Florida and turned into a Category 1 hurricane on August 26 (Caravantes 7). By August 28, Katrina had become a Category 5 hurricane with 175mph winds (Zimmerman). Hurricane Katrina continued to move North, and as it reached the areas around the great lakes on August 31, it slowly turned back into a Category 1 hurricane; in less...
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...Hurricanes Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters around. They are more common in areas of humid and moist weather so they are very foreign to certain places, Areas such as Louisiana has plenty. But to the places where hurricanes are normal,people take them extremely seriously because they kill people and ruin countless amounts of property. This is one of the reason the damage was so expensive in Texas. Many people didnt believe a hurricane could be that bad in a area rarely hit with them. Hurricanes can harm people in many ways: they can kill people, leave them homeless, and it can leave children orphaned sometimes. On the west coast of the United States and other places hurricanes aren’t taken as seriously...
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...Yesterday, on August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. This hurricane mostly hit the Gulf of Mexico and the southern part of the United States. Hurricane Katrina started in the Bahamas as a tropical storm on August 23, 2005. There were many strong winds that got up to 140 miles per hour in Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina costed up to over 80,000 dollars in total. There was about 1,500 deaths from this hurricane. After the hurricane hit, the population of Louisiana went down by a quarter of a million. This hurricane mostly hit the Gulf of Mexico and the southern part of the United States. The states that were most affected by Hurricane Katrina were Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. The worst state that was hit was Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina also hit Florida, but it wasn't as bad as the rest, when it went over Florida, it was more like a storm....
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...Overview of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest disasters in the United States, affecting over 90,000 square miles (230,000 km2) this size is almost same as the UK, and damaged many cities. About 1850 people died, and many survivors lost their houses. Katrina revealed many problems, especially an insufficient preparation and bad management. These factors might make the damage more serious. Many factors characterised Katrina as an example of a new type of complex disaster. Such a complex disaster was estimated before Katrina, and it had been named as “the New Orleans scenario”. Before Katrina, FEMA evaluated the New Orleans scenario as one of the most serious potential natural disasters. The first observation of Katrina...
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...Trey Grimes English 1010 Professor Magrans Date Post-Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans During that calm, quiet time before any storm hits, the people of New Orleans and it’s surrouding areas prepared for a beating. Most citizens left the city in heed of the warnings sent out. As landfall came closer and closer, researchers began changing their predictions on how much rain they would get as well as the cripplng flood levels. Getting everyone evacuated from danger zones wasn’t as simple as it sounded. Many people wouldn’t leave due to sentimental reasons or they just simply didn’t want to let their home go. Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans as a whole had to recover from; loss of property, death, record flood levels, and their stunned economy. The flooding that occured in New Orleans wasn’t anything meteorologists predicted. First, the levees that stood against the banks of swollen rivers, were built back in the 1960s. These decade old...
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...Housing market in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina Table of contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 2. Pre-Katrina situation ………………………..…………………………………..4 3. After-Katrina situation…………………………………………………………..6 4. Current situation New Orleans….………………………………………………8 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...…9 6. References…………………………………………………………………….….10 Introduction It is August 29th of 2005 when the United States of America is badly affected by one of history’s most catastrophic nature disasters. Hurricane Katrina hits the south of New Orleans and causes severe damage to this city. This second biggest hurricane in the entire history of America left 80 percent of New Orleans flooded, approximately 80 billion dollars of damage and more than 1800 killed civilians. Due to this disaster, New Orleans was almost completely destroyed including the residences of thousands of families. Not only were there economic enormous problems but also political questions rose by that time. The president by then, president Bush, came in discredit because of cutting in the federal funding which was protecting New Orleans. Since then a lot of things have actually changed but unfortunately, too late. Complete neighborhoods were removed from the map, people became homeless and moved to different places. The effects on the housing market in New Orleans were immense. Because of the effect hurricane Katrina had on the housing market in New Orleans...
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...Order Title Name Institution Course Date Crisis plan Hurricane Katrina was considered as one of the most destructive disaster in the history of the U.S. The extent of damage and level of response during the occurrence of the crisis was a clear indication, that the government lacked management plans and procedures needed to mitigate the outcome. One of the plans that were put into action in the state of Mississippi was the use of the National Guard to enhance relief operations. This was part of the overall plan, the “National Response plan” (Dudley, 2006). This paper aims at evaluating strategies and situations during the occurrence of the Hurricane Katrina Natural Disaster. By so doing, workable strategies are highlighted and the reasons behind their use supported with due consideration to resource availability. The paper further presents an analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan whileexplaining the efficacy of elements selected for the “National Response Plan” consequently stating how the plan could be relevant in either Louisiana or Alabama.The paper summarizes by presenting missing elements. From the journal ‘After Katrina: Building back better than ever’ which is a report by James Barksdale who is the Chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Building and Renewal, it is made rife that the ‘National Response Plan’ (NRP) was a workable strategy that provided a big boost to the disaster management efforts made by the American government (Governor's Commission on Recovery...
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...AAAAH! You look at the Tv which shows the news man. He begins to talk and you hear everyone outside screaming. Your frightened as you hear what the news man has to say. “Hurricane Katrina is here!” If your confused let me explain. Hurricane Katrina is a natural disaster that affects a lot of people. One of the most devastating attacks was in 2005. Though what I here to talk about is Hurricane KAtrina related to global warming. To firat answer this question we need to understand what global warming is. When certain gases are released they travel into our ozone. This causes heat to become trapped creating hotter weathers. It doesn’t stop there though. Global warming doesn’t just cause hotter weather, but causes extreme weather changes. An example...
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...response by government, NGOs and volunteer groups to Hurricane Katrina. The question for you to answer is whether or not the organizational structure for disaster response for the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and FEMA was adequate to effectively respond to a Cat. 3 - 5 hurricane on August 26th, 2005. As you respond to this question please complete the following: o Review the various reports concerning the Katrina response and relief efforts. Identify an example of a relief effort which was successful and one which was unsuccessful. o Discuss the reasons why the examples you cited above were or were not successful. Comment specifically on whether you believe that the organizational structure at the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and the Federal government was adequate, including communications and command and control. (Please refer to the Organization Structure for incident management in the National Response Plan.) Focus on how coordinating structures, processes, and protocols were employed to manage the disaster response. Discuss the importance of social networks during the Katrina Disaster. Please review the following (referenced) article and comment on the importance of social networks during a disaster response. ~ 1 of 11 ~ MHE 512- MOD 1 - Case Introduction to Disaster Relief; Organizational Structure of Relief Organizations; and, The National Response Framework Hurricane Katrina: Disaster Relief Efforts 1. What went right? Capturing...
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...Preparedness and Resilience Planning during Hurricane Sandy: Hurricane Sandy Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina University of Maryland University College Homeland Security Management: Resilience Planning and Preparedness for Disaster Response and Recovery (2152), Spring 2015 Written By: Brittany Wiley Introduction: Major Hurricane disasters along the coastlines have affected many cities and communities which have forced them to take into action and adopt the conception of emergency management, such as resilience planning, disaster preparedness, response and recovery planning. Mitigation preparedness plays an effective part in the emergency management plan. Many cities and communities must explore strategies to reduce the major impact these disasters have and implement resilience planning that will allow communities to rebuild. According to the National Disaster Recovery Framework (2011), “a successful recovery process promotes practices that minimize the community’s risk to all hazards and strengthens it’s ability to withstand and recover from future disasters, which constitute a community’s resiliency” (p. 11). Furthermore, Hurricane disaster’s not only expose community’s vulnerabilities but it gives them the opportunity to rebuild with more resiliency. When comparing two devastating Hurricane disasters that have impacted many cities, communities and lives; it’s important to consider Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey and New York. Both...
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...How Government Agencies Responded to Hurricane Katrina and Japan’s Tsunami Valerie F. Stokes Instructor Dr. Marion Lee PAD 525004016 201103 March 18, 2011 Introduction This research paper will explore the actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and whether they acted fairly and responsively in their reaction time to the flooding in New Orleans and the tsunami flooding disaster in Japan. This paper will also try and determine if the United States Army Corps of Engineers neglected its duties to inspect and repair levees that were breached in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. A qualitative approach will be used to understand why different decisions were made by a federal agency when the situations are similar and when the policy of the agencies had not changed. This approach will bring to light how the United States Army Corps of Engineers neglected to maintain civilian safety and was shielded against any charge of neglect, shielded from making any retribution to the victims of the flood and how contractors hired by the Corps of Engineers are left to fend for themselves in times of tragedy. There were two different Presidents in authority during the tragedies. President Bush ruled the nation at the time Hurricane Katrina made land fall in New Orleans and created the breach in the levees. President Obama was in authority when the earthquake/tsunami occurred in Japan. Does the political party determine how federal agencies will response to disasters? Does...
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...2011 This presents three different sample outlines for the Preliminary Research Report, using different research topics. I have edited the outlines somewhat, mostly by re-arranging ideas into the appropriate section (for example, moving some questions out of III and moving them into III or vice versa). After the examples I present a brief review of style/voice—in other words, how to write up your information in each section, by demonstrating how you might begin each section. In these examples section I and II present questions that the Preliminary Report would answer. For example, the first paper would explain who was affected by Katrina, what Katrina was, and so on. Section III presents questions that the Preliminary Report would not answer but would describe. For example, the first paper would point out that experts are still debating whether the Army Corps of Engineers was negligent. You don’t have to answer these questions in your report, just mention what a few such questions are. In these examples section IV looks at possible answers to the research question. In your actual paper you’ll present one answer—the one you think is best—and a very brief (1-2 sentences) explanation of why you think that answer is best. Topic: Hurricane Katrina Subtopic: Government response and public reaction Research Question: Why was the public unhappy with the government’s response to Katrina? I. Introduce the overall topic, explain basic info about that topic ...
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...extensive research and interviewing. . The Long Road Home In New Orleans, families struggle to return to normal one year after Hurricane Katrina. © Weekly Reader Publishing, Teen Newsweek, 2006 Chakia Boutte, 12, surveys what she has lost in the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. The playground where she once spent afternoons is closed. Her block is full of stormwrecked homes, many abandoned. A pile of charred debris sits in front of what used to be Chakia’s house. The home was looted and burned after her family evacuated in a rescue boat. “I cried when I saw my house,” she says, remembering the first time she returned home after the storm. “[Looters] took everything, even my jar of pennies.” Chakia and her cousin Mikia Kirton, 8, have lived in Houston since the storm forced their families to move. The girls dreaded returning to school this fall. They say other kids sometimes make fun of them. “They say, ‘You used to have a home, now you live in the Astrodome,’” says Mikia. After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of evacuees had to take shelter at the Houston Astrodome. After spending time in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, Toye Domino is happy to be starting fifth grade in New Orleans. “We had to travel halfway around the country to get back here,” says Toye, 10. “I want to stay here because it’s my hometown.” For kids in New Orleans, the start of school is a welcome sign of normalcy. One year ago, their lives were forever altered by Hurricane Katrina. More than...
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...Popul Res Policy Rev (2010) 29:127–141 DOI 10.1007/s11113-009-9133-x The Role of Community in Disaster Response: Conceptual Models Olivia Patterson • Frederick Weil • Kavita Patel Received: 1 May 2007 / Accepted: 15 October 2008 / Published online: 5 November 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract We focus on the role that community plays in the continuum of disaster preparedness, response and recovery, and we explore where community fits in conceptual frameworks concerning disaster decision-making. We offer an overview of models developed in the literature as well as insights drawn from research related to Hurricane Katrina. Each model illustrates some aspect of the spectrum of disaster preparedness and recovery, beginning with risk perception and vulnerability assessments, and proceeding to notions of resiliency and capacity building. Concepts like social resilience are related to theories of ‘‘social capital,’’ which stress the importance of social networks, reciprocity, and interpersonal trust. These allow individuals and groups to accomplish greater things than they could by their isolated efforts. We trace two contrasting notions of community to Tocqueville. On the one hand, community is simply an aggregation of individual persons, that is, a population. As individuals, they have only limited capacity to act effectively or make decisions for themselves, and they are strongly subject to administrative decisions that authorities impose on them....
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