Hurricane Katrina was a devastating natural disaster that took the lives of many and affected millions across the nation. The government failed the people of New Orleans by giving faulty information about Katrina , taking too long to deliver supplies, and giving money to people who did not need it. The people of New Orleans were not expecting hurricane Katrina to be as fatal or relentless as it was. The “key federal officials were not proactive, they gave faulty information to the public, and they were not adequately trained”(Hurricane Katrina: Remembering The Federal Failures). Federal officials were not trained to inform the people about the severity of Katrina, as a result the people did not receive factual information about the natural
