New Orleans Response To Hurricane Katrina

In 2005 New Orleans’ preparedness was tested to the limits against a natural disaster. Hurricane Katrina was categorized as a 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which meant that it was an extreme hurricane but that was not the end of it. The aftermath of the hurricane was the worst, all of the citizens living in New Orleans believed the worst was over when the storm calmed down but the worst was yet to come. The response system to aid the survivors of Hurricane Katrina was very slow and we can thank FEMA for that. The people believed it was because they were mostly poor and from African descent. That did actually seem to be the case; it seemed to be because people with high positions cannot keep their promises. The communication system broke down only hours after hurricane Katrina occurred due to the city being unprepared for a massive storm. When the hurricane hit New Orleans no one was expecting it to be that bad, so the majority of them did not evacuate when …show more content…
Bush received so much criticism after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. “Katrina showed how he is incompetent” (Dean), President Bush did not respond quickly or correctly towards Hurricane Katrina, which was the main reason for all of his criticism. It took him 6 days to report anything about New Orleans after flying over the damaged city. He stated that they were going to help but nobody saw anything improvement. Then after two weeks President Bush reported from New Orleans to the entire nation to ask them to review their plans and make sure that they will be able to protect themselves during an event such as Katrina. After the hurricane he also took the decision to take such a large responsibility out of the hands of FEMA that was down sized. Down sizing FEMA and making them less responsible for emergencies such as Katrina will help with the future of emergencies. The video The Storm proves that President Bush deserved the criticism he received since it showed how incompetent he