issue from a very particular angle. It is based on extensive research and interviewing. . The Long Road Home In New Orleans, families struggle to return to normal one year after Hurricane Katrina. © Weekly Reader Publishing, Teen Newsweek, 2006 Chakia Boutte, 12, surveys what she has lost in the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. The playground where she once spent afternoons is closed. Her block is full of stormwrecked homes, many abandoned. A pile of charred debris sits in front
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Cross are suppose to work together in a disaster. 5. Allen, J. (2005). The Scandalous History of the Red Cross. CounterPunch: Petrolia, CA: This article describes the many different problems the Red Cross has faced especially since Hurricane Katrina and 9/11. 6. Braid, H. (2013). The American Red Cross faces Organizational Integrity Challenges. Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://danielsethic.mgt.umn.edu This article discusses the challenges
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dollars rebuilding a city that will probably face another hurricane sometime in the future? Science points to rising water levels which is very worrisome considering half of the city is already at or below sea level. Part A New Orleans Economics It is no secret that Hurricane Katrina had devastating effects on the economy in New Orleans. According to Eaton (2015), tourism is an economic anchor in New Orleans. During and after Katrina, it isn’t hard to imagine why tourists avoided the area
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spirit. The trees are very dark, and look as if it came from a horror movie. - This also looks like it took places probably in the 1800’s to the 1900’s. - The clouds are also cloudy which could be that there is some type of storm, most likely a hurricane. - To me this artwork looks like it’s about how storms can cause many deaths, and there isn’t anything we can do about it. - Mother Nature is something we cannot prevent, and natural deaths happen because of them. - I know this because if you
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the deadliest hurricanes struck the United States on the early morning of August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina was an extraordinary powerful hurricane that took the lives of several people, and it is considered the third deadliest hurricane to ever strike the country on top of being the costliest. Devastation spread throughout the central Gulf Coast as people from the affected areas evacuated their cities in hopes that they would have a home and a place to work when they returned. Katrina made landfall
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------------------------------------------------- Effective Preparedness and Resilience Planning during Hurricane Sandy: Hurricane Sandy Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina University of Maryland University College Homeland Security Management: Resilience Planning and Preparedness for Disaster Response and Recovery (2152), Spring 2015 Written By: Brittany Wiley Introduction: Major Hurricane disasters along the coastlines have affected many cities and communities which have forced them to
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Writing 04 December 2014 FEMA August 25, 2005 Hurricane Katrina tore through the coast lands. Taking people’s homes and everything they owned. Lives taken and people lost unable to be found within the debris. The inefficient performance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina resulted from the failure of the administration of President Bush to respond (Outman). They should have done more. Hurricane Katrina, and the subsequent flooding that devastated New
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Orleans Post-Katrina December 8, 2013 New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina, which hit the southeast United States in late August of 2005 was one of the costliest and deadliest hurricanes in United States history. The city of New Orleans was arguably hit the hardest by the hurricane. The objective of this paper is to analyze the link between economic, political, and social conditions in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina and the conditions in New Orleans post-Katrina. Although
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aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by the Federal Government and private businesses. "Most skills and competencies needed to excel in logistics and supply chain management are the same skills and competencies needed to excel at disaster relief operations," said Matt Waller, associate professor of marketing and logistics at the University of Arkansas. Wal-Mart, the world's largest corporation, beat the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross to areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Waller
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WBIS 188 008C October 31, 2011 Title “Moments later, another passing soldier looked at Zeitoun and muttered ‘Taliban.’” Zeitoun (213.) The soldier that called Zeitoun this name knew nothing about him other then the fact that he was Muslim. The soldier simply accused him of something that he is not. It seems as though this is a constant battle for the Zeitoun Family. Zeitoun and his wife Kathy are often criticized and treated poorly because of the religion that they belong too. We
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