staffing following some of the units’ deployment overseas. In addition‚ local recruiting attempts from schools as well as the community was constrained‚ resulting in less than the ideal quantity of resources. On September 2‚ Ray Nagin‚ the Mayor of New Orleans‚ expressed his frustration citing inadequate provision of reinforcement by the federal authorities (Townsend‚ 2006). Official help requests in line with apt command chains were not fruitful due to delayed engagement of Federal Management Agency
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topic of this unit is‚ is a fundamental consistent of human life that can be detected in every known culture‚ present and past. However‚ it varies widely between times and places‚ and it might have been invented in Africa. Our Discover New York class focused on music in New York City. The NYC music scene was described by Richie Unterberger as “immense‚ richly diverse‚ flashy‚ polyethnic‚ and engaged in a never-ending race for artistic and cosmopolitan supremacy”. There are many eras of music including
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Paddling along in a second-hand canoe saving lives and helping people definitely aren’t the characteristics of terrorist. Yet Zeitoun was the bad guy. Of course the area of New Orleans was in a very fragile state‚ however‚ it’s not right to be labeled as a terrorist just because of your origins. To me‚ it’s wrong and disgusting that people go through things like this daily. I would’ve wanted to fight back with all my might if
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strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day‚ the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit‚ ‘most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer’” (History.com 1). “For example‚ some 112‚000 of New Orleans’ nearly 500‚000 people did not have access to a car” (History.com 1). “By nightfall‚ almost 80 percent of
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hardship as well as prosperity. For example‚ Americans experienced 9/11 which made Americans question their own security. In addition‚ Americans also faced the Watergate scandal‚ which caused them to question corruptibility of the government (“new voices‚ new Frontiers…."1277-1289). An important group of people living during this era was The Magnificent Seven‚ they became the 1st American gymnastics team to when the gold medal. Furthermore‚ an event that had a major impact at this time on Americans
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Katrina in New Orleans that occurred on August 29‚ 2005. This catastrophe has brought death‚ deprived people of their homes and work-places. ‘Katrina has left a disaster zone of 90‚000 square miles in its wake - almost the size of the UK. Thousands have been killed or injured and more than half a million people have been displaced in a humanitarian crisis of a scale not seen in the US since the great depression. The cost of the damage may top $100 billion’ (Pickrell 2005). Can New Orleans Hospital
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people still had to wait for additional help. How could the government just let those people die while waiting for help? There was obviously no prepared plan in how to distribute food‚ water‚ shelter‚ medical services‚ etc. Lastly‚ the rebuilding of New Orleans was extremely difficult because of the
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I survived Hurricane Katrina‚ 2005 By‚ Lauren Tarshis In New Orleans‚ Louisiana lived a boy named Barry Tucker. He was 11 eleven years old and lived with him mom‚ dad and baby sister. Hurricane Katrina was getting ready to land in New Orleans. All families had to evacuate. Barry’s family had boarded up there house and packed up there car. They started heading for Texas. They were stuck in major traffic backed up for two hours. Barry’s little sister became very sick. They decided that all
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The social disorganization theory can be used to explain looting in New Orleans because all of the details of the theory play a part in some communities in New Orleans. A lot of those communities are near the central business district. Just like in Chicago‚ this zone was not a desirable location for residents and homes‚ but was close to work so the less fortunate lived their because of lack of transportation and jobs where easier to get being so close. As Shaw and Mckay stated in chapter 4‚ this
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The term Bourbon refers to the white rulers throughout the South at the end of the Reconstruction period. The Bourbons were democrats who ruled Louisiana until well into the 20th century. After 1877 cotton and sugar planters along with wealthy New Orleans businessmen reigned over the state; many of them were sons or grandsons of those that ruled before the Civil War. The Bourbon Democrats of Louisiana quickly realized that they would not be able to completely return to the plantation South of 1860
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