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Hurricane Katrina : a nation still unprepared : special report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, together with additional views.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006.Description: v, 732 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0160767490
  • 9780160767494
LOC classification:
  • KF31 .H65 2006
Partial contents:
Premliminaries -- Narrative -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Hurricane Katrina: indicators of impact -- Ch. 3. Hurricanes and the Gulf Coast -- Ch. 4. Katrina strikes -- Ch. 5. Hurricane katrina: timeline of key events -- Ch. 6. Emergency management: louisiana -- Ch. 7. Emergency management: Mississippi -- Ch. 8. "Hurricane Pam": warning flag for Katrina -- Ch. 9. Effects of environmental and engineering changes -- Ch. 10. Levees: who's in charge? -- Ch. 11. "The New Orleans scenario": State and local preparations -- Ch.12. Federal preparations -- Ch. 13. Department of homeland security -- Ch. 14. The federal emergency management agency -- Ch. 15. Government response:the role of the white House -- Ch. 16. Pre-storm evacuations -- Ch. 17. Why the New Orleans levees failed -- Ch. 18. Communcation voids -- Ch.19. Lack of situational awareness -- Ch. 20. Protecting infrastructure;public communication -- Ch. 21. Search and rescue -- Ch. 22. Post-landfill evacuation -- Ch. 23. Logistics -- Ch. 24. Medical assistance -- Ch. 25. Public safety and security -- Ch. 26. Military operations -- Ch. 27. Failures in national response plan:unified command -- Ch. 28. FEMA waste and fraud -- Results -- Appendices.
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Premliminaries -- Narrative -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Hurricane Katrina: indicators of impact -- Ch. 3. Hurricanes and the Gulf Coast -- Ch. 4. Katrina strikes -- Ch. 5. Hurricane katrina: timeline of key events -- Ch. 6. Emergency management: louisiana -- Ch. 7. Emergency management: Mississippi -- Ch. 8. "Hurricane Pam": warning flag for Katrina -- Ch. 9. Effects of environmental and engineering changes -- Ch. 10. Levees: who's in charge? -- Ch. 11. "The New Orleans scenario": State and local preparations -- Ch.12. Federal preparations -- Ch. 13. Department of homeland security -- Ch. 14. The federal emergency management agency -- Ch. 15. Government response:the role of the white House -- Ch. 16. Pre-storm evacuations -- Ch. 17. Why the New Orleans levees failed -- Ch. 18. Communcation voids -- Ch.19. Lack of situational awareness -- Ch. 20. Protecting infrastructure;public communication -- Ch. 21. Search and rescue -- Ch. 22. Post-landfill evacuation -- Ch. 23. Logistics -- Ch. 24. Medical assistance -- Ch. 25. Public safety and security -- Ch. 26. Military operations -- Ch. 27. Failures in national response plan:unified command -- Ch. 28. FEMA waste and fraud -- Results -- Appendices.

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