Hurricane Katrina was an excellent case study in the divide between society, the government, and the individual as well as the inability for big government and law enforcement to manage crisis. One event factor, only partially controlled by society, was the almost $100 billion and counting effect of Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. Economy. This figure is quite low, when one takes into account not just the repairs and reconstruction for the region, but the interruption of the Gulf oil supply, ruin of
Distrust and Consequences for Hurricane Katrina (1) Racial tensions in New Orleans were particularly high before Hurricane Katrina hit and continue to be high in the aftermath (2) It is likely that Blacks’ distrust of government contributed to their decisions not to heed the warnings to evacuate (3) The history of racial discrimination and disparity in New Orleans went hand and hand with deep racial distrust. Indeed, in New Orleans there has been a strong history of a connection between racism and flooding
increase in the public’s desire for postsecondary education, a mean to enhance people's way of life. To accommodate this popular demand, state governments began to establish and fund public universities and colleges. Due to the government’s inability to provide
The severity of people 's PTSD symptoms following the hurricane was overtly connected to the amount of television coverage they watched of the damage which included the looting of New Orleans, rescue efforts, and evacuations in and around the Superdome and the Convention Center in New Orleans. People fared better in terms of PTSD symptoms if they watched less television coverage overall, especially of the looting. They also benefitted from using prayer as a way of coping with the stress of the hurricane
TAUBMAN CENTER POLICY BRIEFS P B - 2 0 0 6 - 2 | M a y 17, 2 0 0 6 Beyond Katrina: Improving Disaster Response Capabilities By Arnold M. Howitt and Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard, Kennedy School of Government As Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma successively lashed the gulf coast starting in late August 2005, nature’s fury exposed serious weaknesses in the United States’ emergency response capabilities. Not all emergencies pose this magnitude of challenge. In the United States, the initial—and
How did human actions contribute to increasing the devastation in this area? Parts of New Orleans are below sea level and surrounded by bodies of water. Built on a natural levee next to the Mississippi river, the city has experienced cyclical flooding since its founding in 1718. Throughout the centuries, human intervention has reconstructed the landscape in a number of ways which has made New Orleans more vulnerable to storms and flooding: destruction of sand bars; deforestation along the riverbank;
the states. For some reason during Katrina state and local authorities decided it was the other way around and they suffered for it. Katrina was not only a perfect storm in nature, it was also a perfect storm on all levels of government. During the crisis of hurricane Katrina there was not a clear chain of command. State and local Leaders were looking toward the federal government for leadership in the relief
government for which is principle utilized for disaster aid and response, this agency is as much a direct extension of the current presidential administration as it is a crisis agency for social good. This simple description clearly suggests a detailed understanding following the Hurricane Katrina disaster that left the Gulf Coast and New Orleans, in particular, as a study in social failure. But as an agency emboldened by an administration concerned with climate change, FEMA has shown as an agent for change
Assignment 1 Running Head: MITIGATION PLAN Community Preparedness And Mitigation Plan Albberetta L. Jackson PSF 5607 – Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation And Preparedness Assignment 2 Introduction The Topsham community in Portland, Maine pertinent risks and hazards will be discussed. It 's current
trained meteorologist, public official in the country had underestimated its absolute power. In a wired, fully modern American city over,1800 hundreds of people died in this catastrophe. The total financial cost of Katrina, from repair construction damage to homes, businesses, to financing both rental housing for victims and infrastructure repairs, reached 150 billion dollars. The human cost was much greater. (Barton, 2008.p 124). On the evening of August 27, 2005, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin spoke