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Hurricane Katrina on August 29, Term Paper
Pages:2 (695 words)
Sources:4
Subject:Weather
Topic:Hurricane Katrina
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#79326047
Thousands of personnel from Coast Guard units nationwide rushed to the scene to provide 1,380 Aids to Navigation discrepancies, to assist in 1,129 pollution cases (seven major pollution incidents) and provide help to 1,000 salvage cases including more than 200 grounded vessels. More than 3,900 Coast Guard personnel responded to the disaster.
While the FEMA effort stumbled and fell far short of its intended goal, the United States Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary joined with regular USCG service members to rescue more than 24,273 people from perilous wind, pounding rain, and killer floodwaters..
The Coast Guard assisted with the evacuation of 9,462 patients from hospitals and nursing care facilities on land. Using eighteen HH-60J and 25 HH-65 helicopters "rescued 12,661 people from peril," according to the Coast Guard data ().
President George W. Bush promised New Orleans and Louisiana $60 billion for rebuilding, but according to CBS.com, "Only $6.78 billion has actually been spent on rebuilding New Orleans." Less than half the city's schools have reopened, crime is "skyrocketing" and there is a sense of despair among many citizens, only a third of whom (from original citizens) have returned to their homes (CBS.com).
Salon.com reports that part of the problem during the hurricane's arrival on land is that FEMA "barred the American Red Cross from entering New Orleans with food." Wal-Mart offered three tanker trucks with fresh water, but FEMA turned them away. Why? FEMA apparently was concerned that the looting and other crimes should be taken care of first, then food and water brought in, according to Salon.com.
Works Cited
CBS News. (2007). Rebuilding New Orleans is Slow Going. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/eveningnews/main3212929.shtml
Discovery Channel. (2005). Facts About Katrina. Retrieved Nov. 24, 2007, at http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/katrina/facts/facts.html.
Knowledge @ Wharton. (2005). A Month after Katrina: Lessons from Leadership
Failures. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://www.knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu.
Manjoo, Farhad. (2005). Why FEMA Failed. Salon.com. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/09/07/fema/index.html.
The Brookings Institution. (2006). Hurricane Katrina Timeline. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://www.brookings.edu/fp/projects/homeland/katrinatimeline.pdf
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Works Cited
CBS News. (2007). Rebuilding New Orleans is Slow Going. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/eveningnews/main3212929.shtml
Discovery Channel. (2005). Facts About Katrina. Retrieved Nov. 24, 2007, at http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/katrina/facts/facts.html.
Knowledge @ Wharton. (2005). A Month after Katrina: Lessons from Leadership
Failures. Retrieved Nov. 25, 2007, at http://www.knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu.
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