9/11 and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation

9/11 and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation
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9/11 and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation
Natural and unnatural disasters cause different psychological impacts in contemporary society. The disasters can overwhelmingly cause traumatic experiences which destabilize the mental growth of individuals. Disasters are specific disruptions to society or community functioning, causing environmental, economic, and human losses (Makwana, 2019). Natural and unnatural disasters such as hurricanes and terrorist attacks cause different near-death experiences, shocks, and disorientation. Furthermore, the victims may feel sad, fear, panic, or show different psychological problems. Other signs may also include irritability and lack of sleep. The paper considers natural and unnatural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks, respectively, and probes the key elements of the two disasters, resources for their victims, psychological impacts on children and adults, and media integration. The paper shows the need for preparedness for unnatural and natural disasters to avoid devastating psychological impacts.
Summary of the Disasters
9/11 Attacks
September 11 attacks, also noted as 9/11, is one of the significant man-made disasters in the United States in 2001 based on different ideologies and lack of preparedness. It involved well-coordinated suicidal attacks. The disaster occurred on Tuesday morning, whereby the Islamic terrorist group hijacked passenger jets in Washington DC and New York City. The group crushed two planes leading to the death of approximately 3000 individuals (Jacobson et al., 2018). The disaster contributed to different psychological consequences which are experienced until today. The attacks disoriented most of the Americans and the government due to a lack of adequate preparation.
Additionally, the 9/11 attacks occurred due to ignoring different warnings and inadequate preparedness to prevent terrorist attacks. Based on the available evidence, the United States ignored a specific warning from Rand and Clarke, some of the most known security experts, after their security alerts (Jacobson et al., 2018). Ignoring alerts from the top security experts is detrimental and showed the government inconsistency in dealing with terror attacks contingently. It means that the government could limit the attacks by taking the right actions from security alerts. Therefore, it is necessary to justify that the causative agent of the attack was ignorance and comprised of specific psychological symptoms, including panic, fear, and anxiety.
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina is one of the largest natural disasters in the United States linked to ignorance, lack of preparedness, and psychological symptoms. It was a landfall that occurred in Louisiana on 29th 2005 (Lai et al., 2015). It was a category three storm with high-speed winds which destroyed many structures in the United States. It is considered one of the worst storms in the United States due to American history's huge loss of lives. The approximate number of deaths from the storm was 1200 and damaged huge American properties worth billions of shillings (Lai et al., 2015). Its aftermath consisted of different contr...