Eng102 Tabor 11/28/2012 Why Zeitoun’s Story should be told There are many stories out there that one tends to hear about horrific tragedies that have occurred over the years‚ and one of the most devastating events that had happened was Hurricane Katrina. Dave Egger’s Zeitoun details the events and struggles of one man and his family‚ Abdurrahman Zeitoun during this devastation. In a time where everyone was panicking and rushing to find ways and areas where they can evacuate and stay safe from
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description of the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina‚ and how it altered the lives of certain people. His book takes the point of view of the Zeitouns‚ who are one of the many in New Orleans. Occupants whose lives were affected by the hurricane. The author shows how close Abdulrahman Zeitoun (the focus of the story) is with his family and how this relates to the love he has for his community. . Dave Eggers also portrays how the tragedy of hurricane Katrina‚ really caused family ties to strengthen
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develop long-term relationships with customers and stakeholders. * Profits – must have adequate financial performance in order to nurture and develop an ethical culture. Because of the actions of the American Red Cross following 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina‚ their benefits of business effects were damaged. Employee commitment wavered because of the actions of the organization. Because of the lack of monitoring some employees or volunteers were doing unethical and fraudulent things (i.e.‚ mishandling
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Disaster and the Retail Business Owner Natural Disaster and the Business Owner People make difficult decisions in business everyday. People that make these decisions have to stand by them. The situation in this assignment‚ speaking of hurricane Katrina‚ I have mixed feelings on the business owner Brian decision. From a person on the outside looking in perspective‚ I felt he was wrong for raising the prices of the hotel rooms. But in reality‚ I had to put myself in the shoes of the business
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hours? Their backup generator flooded. Communication devices were useless. ¾ of the police force came to work. 4. What were the Mayor’s responsibilities prior to the hurricane? Stock the shelters with food and water‚ mobilize cities and school buses for evacuation. 5. Where were state and local officials during the aftermath of Katrina? Why was this a problem? This was a problem because they did not know the extent of the damage and were unable to help. 6. What were the critics pointing out as trouble
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Crisis Paper Ciandra Alvord HCS/320 February 18th‚ 2013 Paul Wing Crisis Paper Due to the devastating tragedy that has occurred with Hurricane Katrina the storm made a massive landfall where it was ranked category 3 on the hurricane scale. The storm left horrible damage in its after math‚ leaving about 80 percent of the city under water. With the water remain unhealthy and contaminated are becoming life threating it is our job as a Director to address this devastating news‚ and it is my job
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Communication and Crisis Michelle Cato HCS/320 July 16‚ 2013 Diedra Sawyer Communication and Crisis Many of us know about the devastating hurricane Katrina that took place in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ in 2005‚ but how many of us actually thought about the communication issues. From the writing of James L Garnett and Alexander Kouzmin‚” Hurricane Katrina was as much a communication disaster as it was a natural and bureaucratic disaster. Communication gaps‚ missed signals‚ information technology
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Abstract There have been many different disasters in the past that have been considered on a scale to call them incidents of national significance. Man-made disasters such as industrial accidents‚ war‚ terrorism‚ and natural disasters such as hurricanes‚ tornado outbreaks‚ floods‚ drought‚ wildfires‚ famine‚ ice storms‚ blizzards‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ and tsunamis are all calamities that can reach a national scale. The problems that would arise whenever a major disaster would happen
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1. Define the decision problem. : The decision problem is that Hurricane Katrina has struck Louisiana now there is no location to have the conference. 2. As part of defining the decision problem‚ the following questions should be addressed: * What is the general nature of the problem? * What event triggered the situation? * Are we imposing any constraints on the situation? * What are the underlying elements of the problem? * Are there dependencies on
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The most stunning indictment of the media’s portrayal of black America came when someone pointed out the bias in reporting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Associated Press published two photos. One showed a group of white people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d taken from a store. The other photo showed a group of black people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d from a store. The white people were described as “finding food”. The
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