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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Davis, Lynn Etheridge

Titel

Hurricane Katrina : lessons for army planning and operations

Ort / Verlag

Santa Monica, CA : RAND

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Introduction -- Background -- The military response to Hurricane Katrina -- Implications for army planning and operations -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Situational awareness in Hurricane Katrina
• The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but problems did arise in the military response that contributed to delays in accomplishing evacuations and relief operations across the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, particularly New Orleans. A number of steps can be taken to enhance future military disaster-response efforts: give the National Guard the federal mission to conduct homeland security activities; make each National Guard unit capable of rapid deployment; prepare governors to call up G