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FEMA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina

the public officials of those states and those in the federal government, particularly FEMA and the Bush administration. Differen...

PERCEPTION AND REALITY WHEN IT CAME TO REPORTING ON HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA

Disaster," which was published on June 11, 2006 on the Social Science Research Councils Web site (www.ssrc.org). They Shoot Helico...

Problems in New Orleans’ Schools

only one year, and school officials who were being indicted for theft and bribery (USA Today). There were budget deficits, and bui...

The Human Cost of Katrina

and trash everywhere (Ainsworth). To her right is her grandson, dressed in blue short and a white t-shirt; he appears to be about ...

Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program, or MsCIP, which was developed in response ...

Dyson: Come Hell or High Water

looks at it in a certain way-the way the media wants them to perceive it. In this case, the media has used this device to portray ...

HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE 1900 GALVESTON HURRICANE: A COMPARISON

During the late 19th century, Galveston had come into its own as a major ship port (Casillas, 2005). It had Texas first post offic...

Hurricane Katrina Evacuees and Community Health

Demographically, the people who were evacuated to Houstons Astrodome are primarily the people who took refuge in New Orleans Super...

Children and the Psychological Effects of PTSD Associated with Hurricane Katrina

illness. Post traumatic stress syndrome can result from diversity of causes including the horrors of war, sexual abuse, or even s...

Contemporary Society and Alienation

of the coming expropriation of the expropriators" (Marx, 1983, p.75-76). Here, it is suggested that perhaps Marxs contribution was...

Administration of George W. Bush and Poverty

and around $1,200 in subsidized school meals for both children (Besharov 35). After taxes, this comes to around $21,000 per year. ...

Contemporary Applications of Andrew Carnegie's Ideas

to devote a tremendous amount of effort in this criticism. Everyone holds blame equally in this phenomena. The poor criticize th...

Hurricane Katrina Tragedy and Race

one assumes, in moments of crisis like that that has befallen New Orleans" (Lowry, 2005). Jason DeParle sees things quite anothe...

Katrina, Rita, and FEMA's Response in 2005

funds many short-term solutions a. Provides grants for needs such as truck rental for those who cannot pay for it. b. Directs thos...

Assessing the Successes and Failures in the Government Response to Katrina

This paper argues that effective emergency response rests on the decisions that were made prior to the actual emergency ever occur...

The Horrors and Hope of Hurricane Katrina

to those impacts than are others. The normative, i.e. not so unique, stressors of Hurricane Katrina are characterized best ...

Health Issues Following Hurricane Katrina

warns that anyone with an open wound or any cut, even the slightest should avoid brackish water and even seawater because this a c...

Hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan Earthquake Compared

building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...

Does Divorce Affect The Children? - Literature Review

indeed, mothers and fathers may wrongly believe that some children are old enough to both understand and accept the concept of div...

The Politics Of Environmental Cancer

tremendous environmental pollutants was far too out of hand. III. Protective Agencies a. The Environmental Protection Agency is co...

Harrah

Table of Contents 1. COMPANY OVERVIEW 3 2. CURRENT AND PROJECTED ACTIVITIES 5 2.1 Current Activities 6 2.2 Future Activities 8 2.2...

Economics of Gas Prices

Though oil companies will not admit to any extra profit generation, they do concede that many locales require additional treatment...