hurricane Katrina?

Question

i need to find some information on how the government changed after the incident of hurricane katrina and how it use to be .. anything about it ... do you know any good web sites that will give me good information or pictures/videos on this topic?????
thanks in advance ....=]

Answer 1

Nothing has changed; the state and city governments are still in denial.

Answer 2

You can find a lot on Youtube about New Orleans before the disaster. Some videos show new Orleans as out of control City, Murder capital of the world, desperately needing the intervention of Black water security.
I don't know whats true but based on videos of what New Orleans was like before the flood......I can see where there could have been a motive for flooding the city and not rebuilding.

Answer 3

Here's photos:
http://www.google.com/search?q=hurricane+katrina+pictures&revid=905840128&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=2

A link of FEMA sites relating to Katrina:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIG_enUS214US215&q=fema+and+katrina

A link of sites with articles relating to the Government and Katrina:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGIG_enUS214US215&q=Government+and+katrina

I'm tempted to put a wikipedia link up but there's so many of them in regards to Hurricaine Katrina, it's hard to pick one (and it's edited by those who visit it, I find it difficult to know if the information is always accurate, my critical thinking class refers to it as a unverified site making the information hard to prove sometimes if it's true or not -shrugs- but if you wanna use it just type in 'Hurricane Katrina' and go to down. I know you can read so I'm not going to quote sections of it for you).

I know there was some big report released about what the government learned from Katrina the last google link might have some articles reporting on that. I do know that the director of FEMA was replaced as a result of Katrina. Don't forget this was a collection of two storms, Katrina and Rita and hit the area, so do searches on both to be thorough. Also look for Government core of Engineers and the leeve systems.

Spike Lee did a Great documentary called "When the Levee's Broke" that will give you just about everything you need here. See if you can rent it. If not, look for it on ITunes to download. It was a great documentary, there were others out there but I forget their names, this is the one that stuck with me the most it's about four hours long though.

Answer 4

Within the United States and as delineated in the National Response Plan, disaster response and planning is first and foremost a local government responsibility. When local government exhausts its resources, it then requests specific additional resources from the county level. The request process proceeds similarly from the county to the state to the federal government as additional resource needs are identified. Many of the problems that arose developed from inadequate planning and back-up communications systems at various levels.

Some disaster recovery response to Katrina began before the storm, with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preparations that ranged from logistical supply deployments to a mortuary team with refrigerated trucks. A network of volunteers began rendering assistance to local residents and residents emerging from New Orleans and surrounding parishes as soon as the storm made landfall, and continued for more than six months after the storm.

Of the 60,000 people stranded in New Orleans, the Coast Guard rescued more than 33,500. Congress recognized the Coast Guard's response with an official entry in the Congressional Record, and the Armed Service was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

The United States Northern Command established Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina based out of Camp Shelby, Mississippi, to act as the military's on-scene command on Sunday, August 28. Approximately 58,000 National Guard personnel were activated to deal with the storm's aftermath, with troops coming from all 50 states. The Department of Defense also activated volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol.

Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, decided to take over the federal, state, and local operations officially on August 30, 2005, citing the National Response Plan. Early in September, Congress authorized a total of $62.3 billion in aid for victims. Additionally, President Bush enlisted the help of former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush to raise additional voluntary contributions, much as they did after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. American flags were also ordered to be half-staff from September 2, 2005 to September 20, 2005 in honor of the victims.

FEMA provided housing assistance (rental assistance, trailers, etc.) to more than 700,000 applicants - families and individuals. However, only one-fifth of the trailers requested in Orleans Parish have been supplied resulting in an enormous housing shortage in the city of New Orleans. To provide for additional housing, FEMA has also paid for the hotel costs of 12,000 individuals and families displaced by Katrina through February 7, 2006, when a final deadline was set for the end of hotel cost coverage. After this deadline, evacuees were still eligible to receive federal assistance, which could be used towards either apartment rent, additional hotel stays, or fixing their ruined homes, although FEMA no longer paid for hotels directly. As of early July 2006, there are still about 100,000 people living in 37,745 FEMA-provided trailers.

Law enforcement and public safety agencies, from across the United States, provided a "mutual aid" response to Louisiana and New Orleans in the weeks following the disaster. Many agencies responded with manpower and equipment from as far away as California, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Texas. This response was welcomed by local Louisiana authorities as their staff were either becoming fatigued, stretched too thin, or even quitting from the job.

Two weeks after the storm, more than half of the states were involved in providing shelter for evacuees. By four weeks after the storm, evacuees had been registered in all 50 states and in 18,700 zip codes - half of the nation's residential postal zones. Most evacuees had stayed within 250 miles (400 km), but 240,000 households went to Houston and other cities over 250 miles away and another 60,000 households went over 750 miles (1,200 km) away.

Answer 5

GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.