them informed as to the status of the damage, cleanup efforts, and other needs as they arise. In the case of Hurricane Katrina, the director must communicate and coordinate efforts with the EPA, Red Cross, other FEMA departments, and the federal government to ensure that all proper bases are covered to monitor and coordinate the cleanup and shelter of those people affected by the hurricane. The director must also communicate with news media and the public as to the scope of the disaster, what is
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Homes for the homeless The U.S. Government defines affordable housing as housing that consumes 30 percent or less of a household's income. Using that definition, millions of people in the United States do not have affordable housing; that number is presently growing .In this day in age there should be affordable housing for the less fortunate. The purpose of the suite of Make Home is to bolster a damaged and fragile economy by helping families who have difficulty making mortgage payments as
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a flood that even the National Weather Service characterized as not only historic, but biblical. That turns out to be a pretty good characterization of a 100-year event. They’re big, we know them when we see them, and we remember them: Hurricane Katrina in 2005; Super Storm Sandy in 2012; the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma in 2013; the entire wildfire summer of 2012. And if one of them takes your loved ones, your home, or your possessions, it doesn’t really matter if it makes the
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WBIS 188 008C October 31, 2011 Title “Moments later, another passing soldier looked at Zeitoun and muttered ‘Taliban.’” Zeitoun (213.) The soldier that called Zeitoun this name knew nothing about him other then the fact that he was Muslim. The soldier simply accused him of something that he is not. It seems as though this is a constant battle for the Zeitoun Family. Zeitoun and his wife Kathy are often criticized and treated poorly because of the religion that they belong too. We
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Hazel J. Composition 1 09/08/2015 Paper 2, Message boards: A New Kind of Community Online communities are a new, modern way of interacting with people of similar interests. Most of these communities consist of message boards. Usually, these types of communities are centered on a particular subject matter, such as religion or parenting. The most popular types of these online communities are usually the ones that have to do with current events or pop culture. I frequent several different of
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roads and bridges, and the financial burden are just a few issues our country faces today. The slow response of FEMA after hurricane Katrina, brought the poor condition of our government’s ability to handle disaster into the public’s eye. Monday, August 29, 2005 at 7:00 a.m. hurricane Katrina makes landfall as a category four storm. The day before the Louisiana National Guard requested 700 buses for the evacuation, FEMA only sent
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organization adopts a mentality that what matters are not results, it often fails and hurts stakeholders. For example, in Hurricane Katrina, the American people saw a government that paid little attention to achieving results and succeeding in its job. As a result of a mindset that what mattered were not results, the government demonstrated considerable apathy and the victims of the hurricane suffered. As New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said, the Federal government’s
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the city. Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 season. What caused Hurricane Sandy to happen is that Hurricane Sandy made an unusual turn and slammed head first into the population dense fast coast changing it forever. The hurricane began as a tropical wave in the Caribbean and quickly turned into a tropical storm in just 6 hours. It was upgraded to a hurricane on Oct.24 when it reached 74 mph winds. Hurricane sandy was a post-tropical cyclone that swept through
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behaviors have arisen in humans. In fact, there is often such a simplistic view of Darwin's theory that many people argue such generosity toward others, especially strangers, is impossible [ (Cornwell, 2010) ]. The days immediately following the hurricane or quake or other calamity, reporters warn of a generalized “fear” that desperate survivors may turn to violence and looting. Then, sure enough, reporters tell stories of violence and looting. Some are eye witness accounts by credible observers.
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topic I found was the article we read on Katrina Why Katrina’s Victims Aren’t Refugees: Musings on a “Dirty Word and the English Language Amendment. In the Katrina article I found it interesting and true how just one word can have a big impact on someone and the feeling they get from hearing the word. The categorical word used by the media for people who had to leave their home behind, was "refugee". The author showed that the “tendency to label Katrina victims as ‘refugees’ was part of a racialized
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