Katrina Case Study

New Orleans is known for being a culturally rich city; from its food to its music to its celebrations it is full of spirit and unique traditions. It is not hard to pick up on this, it is what you hear across the country when someone mentions New Orleans, it is what the New Orleans tourism board features in all its material, it part of how institutions such as Tulane market themselves. Everyone may know about jazz music and second lines but many of us visitors to the city lack knowledge about their historical, political, and social/cultural context. A crucial element of New Orleans culture and history that provides a lot of this context, that every visitor should take the time educate themselves about, is social aid and pleasure clubs and benevolent

As indicated by the scenario it seems that the decision problem is a matter if the accounting systems annual conference that is previously scheduled to occur on September 13-16,2005 should be canceled, due to the fact Hurricane Katrina has occurred and demolished building and homes leaving them in ruin in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The primary issue thus becomes does the board or committee moves the conference to a future date or have conference at another location that would thus incur higher costs for hotel for patrons of the conference in addition to it would be a price increase for flights that were already scheduled to New

There are overarching similarities between the two municipalities however, each locality emphasizes efforts in different areas. Both strategic plans are organized by goals and aspirations to ensure the prosperity of both localities. James City County has established a greater focus on economic growth as well as the modernization of government services like workforce development and educational systems (James City County, 2015). New Orleans has a stronger goal of addressing climate change and potential environmental issues that the City will eventually have to tackle. Additionally, the differing demographics must be considered among the two localities, with James City County having a higher income population than New Orleans (New Orleans, 2010). Thus, it is more pertinent to address issues concerning lower income households in the New

With great cities like Pensacola and New Orleans in this megaregion it is easy for people to find a good place to travel to for business and for leisure. For instance, Mardi Gras is held in New Orleans every year and attracts upwards of a million people every year. In 2017 alone, roughly 47,234 people attended the Mardi Gras King’s Parade according to researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (TheAdviser.com). Overall, 1.4 million people attend the two-week-long event on average every year (CNN.com). Mardi Gras has to do greatly with the Roman Catholic religion and its practices. The religious investment attracts a great amount of people around the country, while just the idea of a two-week long event attracts others. The event is actually a state-wide holiday in Alabama, Florida, and eight parishes in Louisiana (CNN.com). Such a large event can be a great place for local businesses, and even businesses from the surrounding areas or states, to promote their products and services. It also can bring a large amount of revenue for the areas in and around New Orleans, with even some areas in southern Mississippi and Alabama earning some extra revenue through hotels and restaurants when event goers stop by. Such a large event that has to do with Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, makes people in the state areas surrounding Louisiana have a feeling of connection with one another. This is a major factor in the reasons behind this megaregion including the areas it

We will look at many factors in our case for rebuilding or not rebuilding New Orleans. This recommendation will be reviewed by state and local governments for their decision. We will perform a Cost-Benefit Analysis which will represent the residents of New Orleans, the residents of the surrounding floods plains, the Mayor of New Orleans, and the federal government represented by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the taxpayers. We will look at scenario models, risk management, and decision trees to support our decisions and analysis. This natural disaster took an enormous toll on

Only two cities can boast that they have had the unique honor of hosting 10 Super Bowls. However, of those two cities, the difference between New Orleans and Miami is that New Orleans has come back from insurmountable odds to rebuild and return to the caliber of city that can host a Super Bowl. While many have reaped the benefits of being the host city, none has squeezed the most out of the opportunity the way New Orleans has. From the economic boost to the infrastructure overload necessary to obtain a bid, New Orleans stands alone in that it came back from a natural disaster and got the most out of hosting the Super Bowl. Recently, New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl in 2013, three years after the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV, and also seven years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast. I will outline the various effects of being host to the world’s greatest single day of sport, specifically those factors that have made the city of New Orleans and the Super Bowl so intertwined after their most recent bid.

Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive loss of life and billions of dollars in property damage. There are many lessons worth learning from this event. Finger pointing started before the event was over. Most of the focus on Hurricane Katrina was on its impact on New Orleans; however, the storm ravaged a much wider area than that. This paper will briefly summarize the event, the impact on the city of New Orleans and the lessons learned to ensure preparedness today.

New Orleans is one of the world's most fascinating cities. It's home to truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music. Its jazz and food are some things that attract hundreds of tourists but it has also been the victim to many great natural disasters. But the disasters it’s people have faced never seem to bring them down.

Too asses and give recommendation on whether or not to rebuild the city of new Orleans I will be examining the cost to benefits of such a rebuild and the impact and benefits it will have towards the city. In the CBA, I will be examining the cost of rebuilding New Orleans to pre Katrina conditions without making any additional upgrades to the levees and infrastructure. This will give me a more accurate cost model to base my recommendation on.

For 18 years, ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL not only brought together the biggest names in music for a weekend of concerts in New Orleans’ legendary Super Dome, it provided the nation’s largest African American Empowerment Experience to more than 500,000 annual attendees.

Is Katrina exploiting anyone (using someone as a means to an end for her own gain)? No

Hurricane Katrina hit on August 28, 2005. The hurricane caused many deaths and many injured people after this disaster. They lost so much money for repairs and all the oil that they lost from this catastrophic event. The news reporters saw this coming way before it happened. Hurricane Katrina started at the bottom of Florida in Cuba in the Atlantic Ocean. The Mayor issued a mandatory evacuation. The Superdome was used as a shelter for a last resort. The tropical depression that became Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and meteorologists were soon able to warn people in the Gulf Coast states that a major storm was on its way. 80% of New Orleans population had evacuated before night fall. The storm made a 90 degree turn right towards New Orleans. The winds got up to 175 miles per hour, the storm was about 400 miles and the center (the eye) was about 225 miles long. This storm was a category 5 storm. The waves in the ocean was at least 40 feet tall. Katrina affected about 90,000 square miles of land in the United States. There was about 20 feet of water on the streets and over houses after the storm was over. 80% of New orleans was covered in water. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted. Many people were impacted during and after Hurricane Katrina. People don't realize how much it can impact them until it happens to them. Hurricane Katrina is one of the biggest

It wasn't the first time for Louisiana to have a hurricane crisis. In 2004 a year before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was hit with a major storm that left many homeless and many dead. If that storm wasn’t bad enough many people were still skeptical of how traumatic Hurricane Katrina could really be. Geologist for years predicted the destruction that was yet to come for the state of Louisiana but, no one imagined that this hurricane and the city levees would flood and cause this total mass destruction. However, for some reason the Hurricane signs before Katrina were still not enough. As we learn in our textbook, “in any crisis plan you have warning signs called Prodromes, which are crucial to prevent and have the best cure for any crisis. The crisis management and crisis communication plans should have been developed based on the warnings and effort to avoid the worst case scenario” (Fearn-Banks, Kathleen 27 &177). This was ultimately where the crisis communication and crisis plan team failed in providing for the public. In the end, the news media took advantage of this opportunity to

Will it attract media support? Due to the size of the event media support will not be attracted.

It gives legal ground visible to competitors and customers. For the third importance of objectives, coordination; Objectives aligns the efforts of participants in the company towards the same goals. Douglas McGregor, a psychologist who served a short term as president of Antioch College & professor at MIT viewed that "In selling effective goals managers help members at all levels of the organization to understand how they can best active their own goals by directing their behavior towards the goals of the organization". Objectives not only set standards (benchmarks for success), but they also serve as motivators. Setting objectives, whether they be long or short term, they provide a standard for the company. In lack of better phrase, objectives "set the bar" for companies. So naturally, you are motivated to "clear the bar." Hence, objectives are motivators too. "According to Latham and Yuki goal specificity enables the workers to determine how to translate effort into successful performance by choosing an appropriate action plans." Plans: strategic, tactical, operational and contingency are the general types of plans. Strategic planning establishes long-term objectives and overall strategy or course of action by which a firm fulfill its mission. Tactical plans are short