such as the close bond the communities developed and/or sustained‚ as well as the heroic efforts of some politicians and military officers. There were multiple different systems involved in the response to Hurricane Katrina. The local‚ state‚ and federal governments certainly had a large impact on the amount of people left stranded and the
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to frame their planning efforts in multiple ways. Some would come to regret the decisions they made‚ others were marked as heroes. Michael Brown One of the elemental leaders involved in Hurricane Katrina was the once head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown. Brown took
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million or more people were reported after the Hurricane Katrina struck (Russell‚ 2015). The magnitude of the event overwhelmed the response capabilities at all levels; local‚ state‚ and federal agencies did not function properly. The fears a disaster such as Katrina could engender are the inaccuracy of any emergency plan‚ the inefficacy of the mitigation actions and preparedness‚ the inoperability of the response strategies‚ and the excessive cost of the recovery; all those that are needed to enhance
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Trouble the Water is not solely about Hurricane Katrina and its calamitous aftermath‚ but it is an honest‚ raw footage that displayed how America treats its poor and displaced citizens‚ particularly in time of dire need. Given U. S impressive response to humanitarian crises‚ and use of the top of the line gadgets to combat enemies in war-torn zones‚ the disappointing non-governmental response in New Orleans begs to question the capability of the U.S to response to disaster within its own country
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11 to Sept. 25‚ 2008‚ along with a nearly $1.4 million grant to the city of Houston to cover costs incurred by the city for providing generators on an emergency basis to health departments‚ police and fire stations following the storm‚ a $15.7 million grant obligated for Galveston County for the removal and disposal of debris from rights of way on Bolivar Peninsula‚ and a $1 million grant to Hardin County
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response strategy and one last point is to develop an agency of reconstruction and development programme. Topic Sentence Seeking Financial aid for Recovery Grenada saw the need to seek financial aid for recovery in order to fill the financial gap created by hurricane Ivan. Immediate Response Strategy Secondly‚ during the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan‚ Grenada implemented an immediate response strategy to aid in the crisis created by hurricane Ivan. Agency for Reconstruction and Development Programme
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4.05 Uncle Sams toolbox FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency What is the history of FEMA? April 1‚ 1979‚ President Jimmy Carter signed the executive order that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in order to coordinate responses to disasters in the U.S. at a faster rate than local and state authority could. To this day‚ FEMA is fully committed to helping areas in disaster crises. Who benefits from FEMA and how? Disaster victims benefit from FEMA because the program provides
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Max Massimo Professor Gwaltney English 1102 18 March 2014 When the Levees Broke Rhetorical Analysis On August 25th at six thirty P.M‚ one of the most devastating natural disasters the U.S had ever seen touched ground in Florida. Hurricane Katrina was a category five hurricane that had made its way to New Orleans by August 29th. This storm was so destructive that not only did it leave a mark in the gulf coast‚ but it put the whole country into complete turmoil. Spike Lee was one of the first
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can DHS improve its Federal response time down to the local level in the first 72 hours of a disaster? Doing some research and reviewing how DHS works‚ I came across an article that suggested some great recommendations for improving DHS’s Federal response to the local level. Out of the 4 recommendations mention in that section I would agree with recommendation #8. Listed below are two recommendations that I think relate more to the forum question. It is difficult for the Federal level to deal with
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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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