The Government Response to Hurricane Katrina: A Federalism Case Study Hurricane Katrina exposed the failure in all levels of government, nonprofit, and private sector to appropriately respond to a large-scale disaster. These failures can be attributed largely to the American institution of federalism. Federalism is a system wherein it is inherently difficult to respond to a major catastrophe, because it promotes local and state response to small disasters, to the exclusion of the federal government
August 25th, 2009. Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, Louisiana, flooding the city and destroying establishments. Then, just moments later, Lake Ponchartrain’s levees break and the Ninth Ward of the city is destroyed and many residents are dead. However, the deaths do not stop there. In the days to come, thousands of lives will be lost and the entire city will be in dire need of aid. In order to comprehend what happened and how to move forward from this disaster, it is important to analyze
known as Hurricane Katrina, mother nature destroyed much of New Orleans. This hurricane caused billions of dollars in damage to the area and killed many many people. One of the major reasons that it was so destructive was because the levees that held water out of the land were broken. When this happened water flooded into the city and caused much more destruction than the hurricane would have caused by itself. On August 29, 2005 there were over 50 failures to the levees outside of New Orleans. These
man by the name of Abdulrahman Zeitoun thrust into the life altering events before and after devastating Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans. Zeitoun is portrayed as an immigrant in the United States who struggles to achieve his goals of creating a better life for himself and his family, yet radical and religious prejudice intervenes. Coupled with the effects that Hurricane Katrina has wrought, Zeitoun faces many challenges throughout the novel. Even after the publication of the novel,
This new school struggles to plant its roots following Hurricane Katrina. The school, named Homer Plessey, had two principals in its first two years, it lacked funding, and it needed more students. It was, however, more art-focused and strived for equality and success. This school, which is