The term “Homeland Security” was born of the domestic terrorism incident in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma in 1995. With the realization that our national security could really be threatened on any day of the week‚ our government leaders decided to take action. The Department of Homeland Security was born of the international terrorism incident on September 11‚ 2001. There were multiple steps in place addressing our homeland security issues prior to the events of 9/11. Unfortunately‚ none of these reports
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Mike Mulally 10-11-19 In 2005 Hurricane Katrina swept through the city of New Orleans and destroyed the lives of thousands. Katrina was one of the largest hurricanes and natural disasters in the history of the United States (Wikipedia‚ 2009). While most of the casualties’ occurred during the actual storm‚ still a many took place days after‚ and were do to the fact that the local‚ state‚ and national government were slow to respond. This slow response was due to the nature of federalism
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The construction of Homeland Security 1 The construction of Homeland Security: An anemic ineffective regime The construction of Homeland Security 2 Abstract This paper addresses the issue of the creation and impact
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the following ("Hurricane Katrina‚" 2006): For national readiness‚ they ought to re-examine existing arrangements‚ guarantee a utilitarian operational structure for all the National readiness effort. The Federal government must guarantee that Executive Department offices are sorted out‚ prepared‚ and prepared to play out their parts. They ought to guarantee the change of the National Guard is centred around expanded reconciliation with dynamic obligation powers for country security arrangements and
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AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY HOMELAND SECUIRTY Brittany Staley HLSS302: Paper #2 May 11‚ 2014 In the years since 9/11‚ homeland security has turn out to be frequently and generally identified as both a word and as a Federal department. However‚ a large amount has been learned since 9/11 concerning the array of further challenges we face. Hurricane Katrina strongly illustrates the general impact of weak preparedness and response
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What happened before the hurricane? The tropical misery which transformed into Hurricane Katrina‚ constructed over Bahamas on August 23‚2005‚ and the weather predictors soon had the ability to warned people living amongst the Gulf Coast region‚ that a large storm is on its way. By the time August the 28th had hit evacuations were under way through out the Gulf of the United States. That same day National Weather predictors predicted after the storm the majority of the Gulf Coast would be unsafe
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HURRICANE KATRINA Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane‚ as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before
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ecosystem of the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city ’s sewage‚ chemicals‚ medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina‚ water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination‚ as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc‚ one of the
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Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1‚ 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29‚ 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana‚ and also stimulated
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soil from 9/11 attacks. Homeland Security has responded by making the U.S. grounds safer and stronger for the Americans. Homeland Security is better prepared to address the full range of threats that include man-made accidents and terrorist threats. The department of Homeland security was formed in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The National Strategy for Homeland Security and the Homeland security act of 2002 called for the formation of this department. (U.S. Immigration and
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