Communication following the Katrina Disaster

We are not safe…..

It was frighteningly too easy to witness the post-disaster disaster in New Orleans and realize that the authorities—the local, state and federal governments—cannot effectively handle any of the nightmare scenarios that have seeped into our post-9/11 collective consciousness.
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National Notification Network announces creation of Mass Notification Strategy…..

3n (National Notification Network) today announced that it is launching a Webinar training series beginning with "Five Steps to Creating a Mass Notification Strategy." 3n's online series will give business continuity and disaster recovery planners insight into integrating mass notification technology into a business's processes to ensure an efficient and effective emergency communication plan before, during, and following a crisis, such as Hurricane Katrina.
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“Unacceptable”: The Federal Response to Katrina: A Recent History Lesson

In late afternoon, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, the National Weather Service began tracking a tropical depression in the Atlantic about 175 miles southeast of the Bahamas. Moving quickly, it turned west and crossed into southern Florida two days later as a Category 1 hurricane, bringing with it almost a foot of rain. Now known as Katrina, it entered the Gulf of Mexico, where it quickly picked up speed and intensity from the warmer water. By Saturday evening, it was a Category 3 hurricane, and there was no doubt it would inflict significant damage when it hit the Gulf Coast. By mid-morning, Sunday, Aug. 28, with winds of 175 miles per hour, about 250 miles from the Mississippi River, it became a Category 5 hurricane, the most intense on the Saffir–Simpson scale. In more than a century of recording hurricanes, Katrina was only the fourth with that much force to be so close to the American shore. No longer was it a question of whether or not it would hit the Gulf Coast, it was with how much intensity. The target was New Orleans.
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Communicaitons industry finds lessons in Katrina disaster

The Gulf Coast communications havoc caused by Hurricane Katrina highlighted potential vulnerabilities in the nation's phone and data networks and has government officials and industry experts considering new ways to prepare for natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
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Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was extremely severe, resulting from one of the most deadly natural disasters in U.S. history. By August 30, 2005, one day after the Category 4 storm made landfall, 80 percent of the city of New Orleans, was flooded, with some parts of the city under 20 feet (6 m) of water. The flood was caused by several levee breaches due to a combination of a powerful storm surge, strong winds and excess water in the bodies of water surrounding the city. The event continues to have major implications for a large segment of the population as well as for the economy of and politics in the entire United States.
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