Emergency Alert System

Michoud rocket factory is located in New Orleans East and is operated by Lockheed Martin. It is a huge manufacturing facility that produced the external fuel tanks for the space shuttles, and is now used for the construction of NASA's Space Launch System. New Orleans is world-famous for its food. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. New Orleans food developed from centuries of amalgamation of the local Creole, haute Creole, and New Orleans French cuisines. Local ingredients,…

Hurricane Sandy pummeled New York City with tumultuous wind, rain, and storm surge. The storm flooded thousands of homes along the coast, caused mass power outages that reduced the ability of the public to effectively communicate, inundated the roads with debris, and covered entire neighborhoods along the coast with sand. In order to effectively respond to the aftermath of the storm New York City brought together numerous agencies to assist. These agencies include: Department of Sanitation,…

water. It was cleared by Wednesday, but the Chemung County Emergency Management Office is reminding residents that when flash flooding occurs, turn around don't drown. "The incident over on Woodland Avenue under the railroad overpass, West 13th Street in Elmira Heights under that railroad overpass, the water there collects very rapidly. It doesn't disperse quickly when there is that much rain in that period of time," said Chemung County Emergency Management Director Mark Cicora. WENY's…

Director Tom Fargione of Harris Country said that the agency was looking for ways to The victims of Houston are seeking for an evacuation center. Because it is so hard for them not to evacuate. As hurricane receded rescuers searched some tools or emergency kit for the victims of hurricane and neighborhoods for more potential victims, Houston officials began turning their attention to finding temporary housing for those in shelters and getting enough gasoline for people to fill up cars, and…

the tremor. More repairs have to be done to make sure there are no concentrations of natural gas in the area, as explained by Natural Gas Utility Enstar Spokesperson Lindsay Hobson. Firefighters responded to numerous reports of gas odors, alarm systems sounding and broken water lines. Local residents and tourists were in shock and got the whole town talking. When the town of Anchorage started to tremble on Sunday morning,…

Hurricane Katrina Imagine a deadly hurricane that will destroy anything in it’s path. Hurricane Katrina has changed the United States in many ways. Hurricane Katrina was larger than anticipated, and had a huge outcome for many cities and states. It was a catastrophic event in United States history. To begin, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was caused by many things. According to www.history.com/topica/hurricane-Katrina, “Weather forecasters thought that…

regarding natural and manmade crises and emergency planning and ensuring that the overall economic security of the U.S. is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland (DHS.gov). FEMA was integrated into DHS in 2003 and became part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. The mission was to focus on preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation of disasters. Because of DHS’ many missions, personnel and the emergency management community…

started in three different ways. One way is for the governor of the affected state to present a formal request for federal assistance. Another way for federal response if a federal entity was damaged which the president can declare a presidential emergency. The third one is the newest form for federal assistance to be request, which the president can start the pre-deployment process of resources for in anticipation of disaster. In this situation to pre-deploy resources doesn't require a formal…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] provides different types of Individual Assistance Recovery Programs that are processed through three National Process Service Centers [NPSC]. These NPSC’s are located in Denton, Texas; Berryville, Virginia; and Hyattsville, Maryland (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2017, p. 241). FEMA makes it easier for affected individuals to apply for assistance following a Presidentially-declared emergency following a disaster. Additionally, it lists the different…

Introduction Systems thinking, as defined by today’s scholars, has been around for decades and continues to grow as researchers turn to the past, present, and future to gain a better understanding. In fact, concepts found in systems thinking go back to the time of Aristotle (Mele, Pels, & Polses, 2010; Ing, 2013). This method points out how systems have no ends, are all interconnected, and that it is impossible to completely comprehend anything (Senge, 2014). Since humans tend to want to…