August 25, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana, killing 1,836 people third deadliest hurricane in the United States history. A town that sits below sea level never stands a chance of levee embankment not able to withstand the overflow of a flood from a river. When New Orleans Louisiana was founded in construction of the levee along the river began, and more extensive levee was built as the city grew. The barriers were erected to prevent seasonal flooding. Katrina was
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After the recent disaster of Hurricane Katrina, there have been many opportunities to examine the multiple sides of the story. Many of these sides have been released to the public, but told with conflicting viewpoints. The most common conflict brought up again and again is between FEMA and the relief victims. Relief victims and FEMA argue over humanitarian aid issues such as evacuation, supplies, and housing. Evacuation was the most important humanitarian effort that FEMA could provide. Getting
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news issue from a very particular angle. It is based on 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
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countries. No matter what our thoughts about her claims might be, we cannot ignore the fact that calamities like the attack to NYC in 2011, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the AH1N1 pandemic and let us not forget the devastation of New Orleans by hurricane Katrina, were used as mere business opportunities by American companies. These companies try to profit even if it means taking advantage of pitiful situations. The terrible events occurred during the September 11 attacks in NYC, no matter if
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seek to develop long-term relationships with customers and stakeholders • Profits – must have adequate financial performance in order to nurture and develop an ethical culture. Because of the actions of the American Red Cross following 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, their benefits of business effects were damaged. Employee commitment wavered because of the actions of the organization. Because of the lack of monitoring some employees or volunteers were doing unethical and fraudulent things. This misconduct
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into searching for the right leadership rather than management of goals and infrastructure. The lack of control extended out to blood donation program where there was a lack of communication with the blood testing facilities. The disasters of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 were two of the biggest events where relief and assistance were needed. Both instances resulted in a delayed and apparent apathetic response from the ARC. In addition to the disasters themselves, the funding raised to help this relief
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of Phoenix Material Week Three Quiz Directions: Select the correct answer for each question. 1. The term client refers to all of the following EXCEPT a. individuals, family, neighborhood b. working poor, AIDS patients, underclass c. Hurricane Katrina victims, Oklahoma City bombing victims, Mississippi River flood victims d. Students, teachers, coworkers 2. Two components of a problem are a. a description and a course of action b. a situation and a difficulty c. an unsettled matter
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the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008 caused temporary outages at several of Dow Chemical Company’s production facilities, resulting in $181 million in operating costs. * Honda suffered a loss of over $250 million when heavy floods in Thailand inundated
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because it gave more responsibility. While in high school I join the Boy Scout association and that was the most positive change I made because I was given great opportunities and was discipline for life. In 2005 The Island was hit with a category 5 hurricane called Ivan that was major life changing experience due to the damage the storm cause. Shortly after my family moved from our district to another district a few miles north. We actually moved into a house and not an apt so that was a positive change
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INCIDENT 1: HR after a Disaster 1. Which external environment factor(s) did Hurricane Rita affect? Discuss. Certainly the primary external environment factor was unanticipated events. Hurricane Rita could not have been foreseen although disaster planning could overcome many of the problems. Several external environmental factors resulted from the hurricane. The labor market experienced considerable change. Remember that restaurants were having difficulty in hiring experienced workers and many
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