katrinaOn Monday August 29th, 2005 one of the most devastating natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina, hit near New Orleans, Louisiana and caused more than 9,000 confirmed casualties and $96 billion in damage. The lack of communication, cooperation, confusion, being able to share responsibilities and other factors made this chaotic event even more chaotic when the affected areas were trying to recover from the storm. A storm in which Louisiana just wasn't prepared for. The Federal Emergency Management
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Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina resulted from the failure of the administration of President Bush to respond (Outman). They should have done more. Hurricane Katrina, and the subsequent flooding that devastated New Orleans in August 2005, has posed the greatest challenge and evoked some of the harshest criticism the agency has ever faced. Due to Michael Brown’s lack of experience, Chertoff’s lack of responsibility, and President Bush’s response FEMA; hundreds of lives
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absolute despair felt like, and what many people don’t realize Hurricane Katrina was one of the more unexpected Hurricanes. Unlike Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Katrina didn’t allow people time to evacuate. Due to no agencies helping, evacuation of New Orleans failed, and they had already predicted the city would be totaled by
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George W. Bush was America’s 43rd president. He served two full terms of presidency. In these eight years of presidency, Bush had a few large issues arise in America. Two of the main events were September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina. In both events thousands of lives were lost. Could more have been done to prevent all of the lost lives? On September 11, 2001, both of the twin towers were hit as well as the Pentagon, and there was a fourth plane heading for the White House, but it crashed in a
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Disaster Relief Management The Good and Bad of Disaster Relief Ceazare Kemp Public Administration and Policy 311 Ms. Bastedo Abstract: Whether you are from Oklahoma or New Jersey, Florida, California, Texas, Haiti, Thailand or Japan; Mother Nature holds no punches when it comes to dishing out her forms of friendly storms. Natural disasters have made a major financial, physical and mental impact on the people of the world. When disaster strikes and people are forced out of there neighborhood
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To: Michael Elliott, Director of Policy and Planning Programs, ALIVE From: Jessica Fisch Date: September 25, 2014 Re: Topic Proposal Coastal Louisiana is losing ground. Since the 1930s, the state has lost 1,880 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of the state of Delaware and equating to the loss of 25 to 35 square miles per year. Up to an additional 1,750 square miles stand to be lost if no action is taken, and Louisiana’s wetlands will disappear in 200 years at the current rate
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Preservation, Conservation, and Sustainability of the Mississippi River SCI 256 July 27, 2013 Introduction The Mississippi River, especially the upper region, is one of the most complex ecosystems on Earth. It is home to numerous species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Since 1927, people have been working to preserve, conserve, and sustain the Mississippi's rich resources and harness its power and energy. However, many problems exist for various reasons. Because of its sheer size
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was kind of put on the back burner and basically forgot about until Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina changed the game for how America planned for flooding and risk management. When Hurricane Katrina hit, it was a slap in the face on the response to flooding that took place in New Orleans. Up to this point there was not a single inventory of levees and flood damage structures in United States. America became a reactive force instead
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Unfortunately, the Municipal Auditorium suffered severe damage from the levees breaking during Hurricane Katrina forcing the two old-line organizations to change venues to two hotels on Canal Street (Hémard). The change of venue brought about a new tradition of rolling out a red carpet on Canal Street making a pathway for Rex, his Queen, and the court to head to the Comus Ball at the Marriott
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longer standing. According to the New York Times, President Obama declared flood-affected zones in Tennessee along the Mississippi River as disaster areas, after the river stage hit 48 (.7 feet shy of the record) and flooded many low-lying neighborhoods (Tackett & Robertson, 2011). This student as working for the City of Memphis as a Police Officer II during that time, and was charged with the observation and
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