New Orleans is a popular city located in Louisiana. The city attracts tourist from all over the country because of their great food, entertaining festivals, music, and museums. Although New Orleans earns a great deal of money from tourisms, the city still has not been fully rebuilt since Hurricane Katrina. In the year 2005, Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city of New Orleans while claiming numerous lives in the process. Even though it has been twelve years since this natural disaster occurred, the state of Louisiana still has not fully rebuilt the city. Due to the increased murder rate since Hurricane Katrina, the state of Louisiana and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the executive branch, should continue to rebuild
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FEMA was designed to respond and avail recovery from both natural and manmade disasters. Considering that New Orleans has not been fully rebuilt since the hurricane, FEMA should consider to put funds back into building projects in the city to increase employment opportunities for the locals. The government agency would have to hire building contractors and architects to aid in the rebuilding of the destroyed homes and businesses. Since the building contractors will need a mass number of workers for the rebuilding projects, this will give qualified residents of New Orleans another employment opportunity. By providing more job opportunities in New Orleans, this helps relieve economic stress within the community which has been associated with one of the many causes of murder. After the completion of the homes and businesses, the residents of the city will be able to apply for more and better jobs. They will also be able to reclaim the homes that were lost due to the hurricane. It is understandable that many may fear that rebuilding the city will be both a waste of time and money because it is very likely that the city will be destroyed by another natural disaster. The New Orleans port is one of the world’s most important and busiest ports which generates mass revenue for the United States. Also, the seafood industry will also be affected heavily if the city is not fully rebuilt since Louisiana’s fishing industry is one of the largest seafood industries in the United States also resulting in mass revenue for this
FEMA was designed to respond and avail recovery from both natural and manmade disasters. Considering that New Orleans has not been fully rebuilt since the hurricane, FEMA should consider to put funds back into building projects in the city to increase employment opportunities for the locals. The government agency would have to hire building contractors and architects to aid in the rebuilding of the destroyed homes and businesses. Since the building contractors will need a mass number of workers for the rebuilding projects, this will give qualified residents of New Orleans another employment opportunity. By providing more job opportunities in New Orleans, this helps relieve economic stress within the community which has been associated with one of the many causes of murder. After the completion of the homes and businesses, the residents of the city will be able to apply for more and better jobs. They will also be able to reclaim the homes that were lost due to the hurricane. It is understandable that many may fear that rebuilding the city will be both a waste of time and money because it is very likely that the city will be destroyed by another natural disaster. The New Orleans port is one of the world’s most important and busiest ports which generates mass revenue for the United States. Also, the seafood industry will also be affected heavily if the city is not fully rebuilt since Louisiana’s fishing industry is one of the largest seafood industries in the United States also resulting in mass revenue for this