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A Failure of Initiative - Final Report of the Select ...
www.nrc.govpreparation for Hurricane Katrina; and (2) the local, State, and Federal government response to Hurricane Katrina.” The Committee presents the report narrative and the findings that stem from it to the U.S. House of Representatives and the American people for their consideration. Members of the Select Committee agree unanimously with the report
The Response to Hurricane Katrina
irgc.orgHurricane Katrina occurred four years after the attacks of 9/11, three years after the subsequent creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and one year after the DHS had created a National Response Plan. But despite the heightened attention to homeland security, the response to Katrina was a failure. The world watched as ...
Federal EM policy changes after Katrina - FEMA
training.fema.govHurricane Katrina Relief, by Keith Bea; CRS Report RS22246, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Its Role in Response to the Effects of Hurricane Katrina, by Gene Falk; CRS Report RS22344, The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2000, by Erika Lunder; and CRS Report RL33174, FEMA’s Community Di saster Loan Program, by Nonna A. Noto and
The Insurrection Act and Executive Power to Respond with ...
www.law.berkeley.eduHurricane Katrina raised serious questions about the power of the President to use federal troops to respond to natural disasters. During the hurricane, security concerns, both real and perceived, delayed the disaster response and detracted from the primary focus of saving lives.
Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After …
fas.orgTemporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Its Role in Response to the Effects of Hurricane Katrina, by Gene Falk; CRS Report RS22344, The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, by Erika K. Lunder; and CRS Report RL33174, FEMA’s Community Disaster Loan Program: Action in the 109th Congress, by Nonna A. Noto and Steven Maguire.
Conclusions and Findings
www.disastersrus.org6. Beginning in 2004, the federal government sponsored a planning exercise with participation from federal, state and local officials, based on a scenario whose characteristics foreshadowed most of Katrina’s impacts. While this hypothetical “Hurricane Pam” exercise resulted in draft plans beginning in early 2005, they
The effects of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans economy
www.bls.govKatrina on the New Orleans labor market. The over-the-year loss to the city economy averaged 95,000 jobs during the first 10 months after the hurricane. The job-loss trough occurred in No vember 2005, when the employment total was 105,300 below what it had been a year earlier. Ten months after the hurricane, in June 2006,
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
svi.cdc.govvisually impaired, and other special needs groups (U.S. Department of Transportation 2006). Many low-income people in New Orleans were stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina because they had no personal transportation and public authorities did …
Unit 3 Disaster Sequence of Events - FEMA
training.fema.govUnit 3 Disaster Sequence of Events Portal Questions Answer Key 1. List four actions the local government takes when a disaster occurs. = Provides the initial emergency response through its service agencies. = Activates the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
Greater Impact: How Disasters Affect People of Low ...
www.samhsa.gov1998; Fothergill, 2004; as cited in Fothergill and Peek, 2004). In a paper about the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, Louisiana residents Masozera, Bailey, and Kerchner (2007) report that districts of the city with high percentages of people in poverty also had low percentages of people with flood insurance.