Hurricane Katrina Summary

“The Storm,” demonstrates how the local, state, and federal government responded to a natural disaster that occurred in New Orleans. The report shows how the government successfully failed to protect Americans from a tragedy, and how the response system is shattered. The political actors who were in charge of the disaster from Hurricane Katrina include, President Bush, FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, Governor Kathleen Blanco, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana’s National Guard, and the local police agencies. There were many non-governmental individuals active in the events that led to the failure of organizing and having proper communication system implanted. This devastation could have been prevented had the system been more organized, especially since it was long predicted to happen. There were many failures that caused this chaos. New Orleans, among with many other counties received several million in Federal Grants to set up a …show more content…
It shows how unorganized they are. It also shows the lack of communication they have amongst each other. The inner working of government intuitions is flawed. Bush declared a state of emergency a few days before the storm. This made it difficult for the federal government to provide aid. It took the officials several days to respond, and they started to blame one-another. Residents who relied and banked on government help were left behind. Other administrations were concerned about the response system because this storm came with an advance warning. However, disasters such as terrorist attacks do not. When the 9/11 devastation occurred, the response was better. This is not a representative on US Culture because the American government lacked to protect American people, and residents of New Orleans. There was a lack of balance and power, no formal communication, and instead of taking the blame the officials pointed fingers at each