Hurricane Katrina Essay. Life Sciences Assignment.

HURRICANE KATRINA
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Introduction
Hurricane is an intense storm of a strong wind that leads to massive destruction once it occurs. Hurricane Katrina is one of the tropical cyclones that led to property damage worth billions of dollars and people's death. It happened in the United States, 2005.
State and Federal disaster recovery relief efforts.
Hurricane Katrina challenged the preparedness of the agencies in place, which are mandated to provide relief to people in case of such disastrous events. The government did not prove competent in different levels, such as the local police, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the US Army Corps of engineers.
In 1965, a similar tropical cyclone occurred although, the impact was not big compared to the latest Hurricane Katrina. In preparation for this natural disaster, the Army engineers’ set-up embankments (Schnake-Mahl, 2019). The levees' construction was done to ensure if the catastrophe re-occurs, there would be less impact felt.
Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,800 people dead. It clearly shows that, even though they set measures to curb the problem, it was not optimal and much needed to be done. Moreover, many people were rendered homeless as more than 800,000 housing units were destroyed.
They were also set for the evacuation measures in case the strong wind re-appeared. However, the handling of Katrina as far as evacuation is concerned became a challenge since the groups involved could not respond in unison. There were conflicts of orders, and this slowed down the evacuation leading to more deaths.
Contingency planning and surviving in the aftermath of the disaster
It should be well understood that one cannot prevent nature's hand, but can mitigate the impact it poses to people when it occurs. Since the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina, there have been devastating challenges to the affected people because, to most people, life has not yet gone back to normalcy.
Before the Hurrican...