Hurricane+Katrina

=Hurricane Katrina=

__Research Project Reflection__
====In searching for books and articles to use, I am finding it much easier to find articles specific to Hurricane Katrina. General searches including “Louisiana AND Hurricane” should have turned up a million hits but, surprisingly, I didn’t get a single search result. My topic was government response to Hurricanes in Louisiana. But, after several searches turned up no results, I specifically search for government response to Hurricane Katrina. I was able to find several relevant books and articles at Ohio Links and in Lakeland’s catalog and I didn’t have to change my topic. By choosing Hurricane Katrina, I was able to find information that details Louisiana’s emergency response plan at Academic Search Complete, Ohio Links, and Lakeland Community College’s Library catalog that will fit nicely into my paper.====

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==== Tropical depression 12 formed over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The next day, August 24, tropical depression 12 was upgraded to a tropical storm and given the name Katrina. Katrina remained a tropical storm until just 2 hours before she made landfall. Katrina weakend once she made landfall in Florida but gained strength when she was once again out over water in the Gulf of Mexico. By the time Katrina made landfall again, she was a category 3 Hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph, the deadliest hurricane on record at the time. Katrina would leave a path of destruction from Buras-Triumph in Louisiana to Meridian Mississippi before finally losing strength. The affects of Katrina were felt as far as the eastern Great Lakes region and she did not dissipate until August 31, when she was finally absorbed by a frontal boundary. The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings 31.5 and 19.5 hours before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Florida but most residents were taken by surprise when she suddenly turned from a tropical storm to a hurricane. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin issued an order to evacuate the city. Still, no one was prepared for the devastation Katrina left in her wake. While some efforts were made to prepare for the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina it is clear that Louisiana needs to develop an adequate flood plan and the government must reassess its response to flood disasters. ====

=== Rogers, J. D. "Development of the New Orleans Flood Protection System prior to Hurricane Katrina." //Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering// 134.5 (2008): 602-617. //Environment Complete//. EBSCO. Web. 23 Ap ===

r. 2011
This article provides an in depth description of New Orleans flood protection system which was created over a period of about 280 years. The author takes us step by step, from the creation to the failure of Louisiana’s levee system, using pictures and a non-technical writing style that makes the article easy to understand for the layman.


 * Joseph, Lisa. “The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Failures of the Hurricane Katrina Response and How Psychology Can Help.” //American Psychologist//, v. 62 issue 2, 2007, p. 118-130. **

This article, which appeared in The American Psychologist, is a comprehensive analysis of 12 major areas in which the government failed to respond to disasters prior to Hurricane Katrina and how those response failures led to inadequate response in the days following Hurricane Katrina. The author also advocates for the use of Psychology in the mitigation process of disasters to assure human behavior is taken into account during the preparedness phase of disaster response.


 * Browne, Katherine. “From the Filmmaker, Still Waiting: Life After Katrina.” //NWSA Journal//, v. 20 issue 3, 2009, p. 196-199. **

Film maker, Katherine Browne, recounts living with the families of the I 55 district in New Orleans during the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Browne tells the inspiring story of the courage and resilience of the women affected by Hurricane Katrina as only an eyewitness can tell it. With sensitivity and grace, Ms. Browne reconstructs the days following Hurricane Katrina to tell a story that is as full of tragedy as it is of hope.