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Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes in the history of the United States. The hurricane is stilled ranked the third of all hurricanes. Katrina killed at least 1,245 people. Katrina has been the deadliest hurricane since 1928, Okeechobee hurricane. Katrina done about 108 billion damage, 4* more damage than hurricane Andrew, in 1992 in the United States. Katrina originated over the Bahamas on August 23 from the interaction between a tropical wave and the Tropical Depression Ten. The…

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 article, “What Every American Needs to Know about Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Disaster” by Brian Resnick and Eliza Barclay, is very informative of the natural disaster that is hurting our nation and everything we are and are not doing to help it. The hurricane caused a tremendous amount of chaos in Puerto Rico and we, as Americans, should find a way to help in this situation. Especially since Puerto Rico is considered a part of the United Staes and under our government. The President has already…

The Dystopian Culture In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, there has been a verified F-5 hurricane that is wreaking havoc on the people of Louisiana. There is one major problem about the hurricane though, it is moving farther North and breaking apart, going through every state and destroying everything in its path. A man named Collin Jones though, has everyone calmed, because he is getting everyone out of harm’s way as he puts his life on the line to safe those he can. “Is everyone okay so far” Collin…

The residents of Louisiana are still recovering from what has been called the greatest natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy: a flood causing considerable damage to the region in this August 2016. It’s true that a large portion of Louisiana is made up of lowlands prone to flooding, but this instance was particularly noteworthy because of the power of the weather and the magnitude of water deposited. The floodwaters beat record highs by as much as 5 feet in some areas, and thousands of people…

Earthquakes have now been reported in states that rarely, if ever, get earthquakes ever since fracking has been doing water injections. Water injections consist of putting the wastewater from fracking into an empty water well and leaving it there. There have been studies after studies showing that earthquakes, and unusually large ones, were suddenly occurring in low to minimal seismic activity states. In an article by Newsweek Global called “The Earth Moved, And It’s Our Fault” says, “But in…

Hurricane Katrina and Government Response National strategy for homeland security requires collaborative efforts by both the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and National Response Framework (NRF) to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters. Effective incident management of catastrophic events requires coordination of relevant stakeholders. Both the NIMS and NRP, the Federal and State agencies have responsibility for addressing any disaster and emergencies…

Nature is at once worthy of awe and fear. Each day, natural forces impact people around the globe, usually in a relatively harmless way. However, natural events can quickly become disasters in the right conditions, as is the case with tornadoes and hurricanes. In the middle of the United States, “Tornado Alley” stretches roughly from Texas to upper South Dakota. This coincides with the Great Plains—an area of flat, open land that practically bisects the continental United States. Here,…

As we all know that hurricane Matthews is expected in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia so for planning and coordination processes Emergency Operations Center and EOP- Emergency Operations Plan will be involved. The president, Barack Obama, has declared a state of emergency for South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. To cope with this deadly hurricane, initial emergency responses will be recorded. State emergency management will be notified about the scope of the situation. If the…

Critique In the article Interstate Partnerships in Emergency Management: Emergency Management Assistance Compact in Response to Catastrophic Disasters, Kapucu et al. (2009) discusses the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. This study focused on a need to address efforts for emergency management at the state level. Throughout the study, certain themes emerged from the data which support the idea that EMAC networks were not adequately…