What have been the impacts on preparedness for the next big disaster after Hurricane Katrina? (in the context of disaster management)

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Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Disaster Management

Disasters can be natural or man made . Either way they all are inevitable particularly the natural ones as we can not prevent them from happening . The only thing we can do as individuals and governments is to try and be prepared so as to reduce ether harm that usually accompanies such disasters . The government has the responsibility of ensuring that its citizens ' safety hence have disaster management departments whose role is to predict disasters and prevent

them if possible , warn the citizens in the event that one is predicated and evacuate them from the dangerous are , educate the public on disaster management and preparedness and to attend to those who are caught up in the disasters when they occur

The Katrina Hurricane of 2005 which originated from the Atlantic Ocean and hit New Orleans and the neighbouring regions in the united states causing death of over 1400 people and massive destruction to property caused the government to make adjustments in its disaster preparedness mitigation and management (Hoffman 4 . The Department of Homeland Security which was accused of taking long to respond also had to take measures to improve on the way they responded to such disasters so as to reduce the extend of harm especially to human lives

The hurricane provided an opportunity for the country to review its national preparedness to disasters (Palser pp .13-56 . One of the impacts of Katrina Hurricane was on the National Priorities...