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roles and responsibilities or how the entire inter-governmental response system should operate” (Schneider, 2008). He also mentioned that it was the “mismatching of what various levels of government expected to do and what they actual do in any emergency situation” are the main contributors to this problem. As simplified by Walters and Kettl (2005), it was the problems of “poor coordination and communication” between levels of government were evident in the Hurricane Katrina events. Schneider…

This poster will show Hurricane Andrew’s track, NOAA’s satellite image, and the National Hurricane Center’s last radar image of the strongest hurricane in 30 years to hit the state of Florida. Hurricane Andrew made landfall during the early morning hours along the southeastern tip of Florida at the city of Homestead on August 24, 1992. Classified as a Category 5 Hurricane, Andrew changed the face of South Florida forever; the area looked like it had been hit with a nuclear weapon. Hurricane…

FEMA Paper 1. What is FEMA’s role in responding to natural disasters? What type of support can they offer to a community that has been struck by a natural disaster? A. FEMA uses the Disaster Relief Fund to fund multiple direct costs in a disaster response to provide an organized recuperation process that provides facilities with authorized personnel to run the disaster response process along with other general disaster logistics supplies, including food and water. FEMA uses the DRF to provide…

the capabilities of local and state resources. The Stafford Act authorizes the delivery of federal technical, financial, logistical, and other assistance to states and localities during declared major disasters or emergencies ("ASTHO," 2013). Under the Stafford Act, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the agency responsible for coordinating disaster relief efforts and resources. FEMA not only provides disaster response but also provides grants for long-term hazard mitigation…

Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In Roosevelt 's Bombshell message, he took the US off the gold-standard and used his administration to focus mainly on domestic issues while excluding the handling of international trades. Also, the Federal Emergency Relief Act was issued giving five hundred million dollars to the state benefit programs. Some people believed Roosevelt’s action were too radical, and that this was not fixing the problems of the Depression, but…

for her own self interest, rather than the interests of the people she governed. Michael D. Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during Hurricane Katrina, was wholly unprepared for the disaster. After being appointed by President Bush, Brown had numerous failures during and after Hurricane Katrina. Brown had no background in emergency response, and FEMA had been merged into the newly created Department of Homeland Security, and had it 's funding cut in the…

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…

Video Discussion Questions Behind the Scenes: “Our World Turned to Water” 1. Author Lauren Tarshis calls the flood in Louisiana “devastating.” What details in the first section of the video (0:10 to 0:48) help you understand how the flood was devastating? It was the first major disaster after hurricane sandy. 2. According to Tarshis, why is it important to share stories of people who have gone through difficult experiences? So that we an connect to thdm even though we are not living in…

Franklin Roosevelt was elected by a landslide because he pledged a New Deal for the American people who were facing an economic crisis of the likes they had not seen before. Roosevelt was sworn in on March 4th, 1933 (Norton, 2015.) The following day he implemented the first step of his New Deal, which sought to address the problems of the Great Depression by, helping the banks to become solvent again, encouraging competing companies to cooperate, and giving jobs to the unemployed. The banking…

I think the Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood of 1889 is the most significant flood (in U.S. history) because it was the first major disaster relief effort for the Red Cross. The Red Cross was formed in 1881 and was primarily a battlefield relief organization. Thus, the Johnstown flood was the first peacetime relief effort for the Red Cross. The news coverage of the flood helped establish the Red Cross as the agency we know today. The Red Cross, led by founder Clara Barton, arrived to Johnstown only…