Civil–Military Relations in Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study on Crisis Management in Natural Disaster Response In late August 2006‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans region‚ affecting an area of over 90‚000 miles. It began with a hurricane which led to flooding‚ disrupting millions of lives across multiple jurisdictions‚ and damaging or destroying much of the local critical infrastruc- ture—21 refineries‚ miles of electricity transmission lines‚ and telecommunications equipment—within
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In the morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ a Category 3 hurricane‚ named Hurricane Katrina‚ hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods
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Hurricane Sandy was a superstorm that affected many people and their homes. This hurricane had very strong winds and lots and lots of flooding. Many people struggled a lot after this storm. Hurricane Sandy even took lives of many people. This hurricane started off as a tropical wave in the Caribbean and quickly turned into a tropical storm in only six hours. The total death toll reached 285 including at least 125 deaths in the United States. As you can see Hurricane Sandy was a very severe tropical
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and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation While with help‚ the victims can overcome some of the psychological symptoms‚ however disasters can affect children different than adults. September 11th and hurricane Katrina caused psychological symptoms for the victims along with issues and elements because victims can experience PTSD symptomatology‚ acute stress disorders‚ generalized anxiety disorders and DESNOS‚ Many different types of disaster can cause chronic disturbance and illness. The media can
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes are powerful and dangerous storms that involve great rain and win. When a tropical storm has a wind speed greater than 75 miles per hour‚ it is considered a hurricane. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a substantial amount of damage. However there is one hurricane that occurred in 2005 that stands out among the others‚ Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive of the Atlantic Hurricanes during
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As one of the most destructive natural disasters in United States ’ history‚ Hurricane Katrina took hundreds of lives and amounted to billions of dollars in damage. As victims see their fallen homes and shattered lives‚ they wonder how this catastrophe could have happened. Some argue that hurricanes are unpredictable phenomena that cannot be controlled‚ and that our government responded to the best of its ability. Others‚ however‚ realize that controlling a storm is completely different than preparing
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Hurricane Katrina Can you imagine being in one of the most devastating hurricanes ever well that’s what the people in New Orleans went through? In this essay I will talk about hurricane Katrina that took place in the New Orleans. In my three paragraphs in paragraph two I will talk about who‚ what‚ when‚ where‚ why‚ how‚ in paragraph Three I will talk about who it effected who it I going to affect and why it is important‚ and why it was important and in paragraph four I will talk about facts
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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster‚ which killed more than 1‚800 people‚ engendered the displacement of thousands of people‚ and occasioned severe damaged to properties (Russell‚ 2015). According to the same source‚ more than 80% of New Orleans was flooded during the event in 2005. The geomorphologic situation of the city (altitude -1m‚ location on the bank of the Mississippi River)‚ and the protection barriers failure are the main sources of its vulnerability. The reconstruction of many
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Hurricane Katrina: A Colossal Yet Preventable Disaster Abstract This paper examines the costliest natural disaster in United States history that is Hurricane Katrina. This paper explains how Hurricane Katrina classifies as a scientific‚ business‚ and engineering disaster. More importantly‚ this paper investigates the engineering component of Katrina and describes what could have been done within this field to prevent the majority of the economic damage done. Introduction A disaster is “a
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radio came on and informed‚ “Attention all New Orlean citizens‚ please evacuate the state in the next 15 minutes! A category 5 hurricane is coming!” Hurricane Katrina was the 3rd strongest hurricane to ever reach the U.S. (dosomething.org). “Lucy‚” Malorey yelled‚ “You need to pack up things you need to take with you on vacation!” She didn’t want Lucy to know that a hurricane is coming because she will have an anxiety attack.. “ Where are we going on vacation?” Lucy questioned her. We are going
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