Planning Efforts to Reduce Future Disaster Impacts
This paper looks at options for programs to be put in place before to a disaster to avoid major and often poorly-managed expenditures after a catastrophe and to offer suitable protection against the risk of those large losses which do occur. It is important for the government to provide programs that enlightens the citizens on how to deal with the hazards that come with hurricanes. Natural hazards have taken place in America and they have not been well attended to. The response in the Haiti earthquake showed some weakness in response. Hurricane Katrina should have given Americans a lesson on how to prevent major destructions in case of a similar scenario.
Introduction
Katrina was a hurricane that hit the Atlantic in 2005 and was known to be the most dangerous hurricane in history of America. Over 1,836 people died as a result of this hurricane with a total damage being estimated to be over $81 billion. This was as a result of the damage that was caused by the floods. This hurricane formed at the Bahamas where it caused deaths before heading to the Gulf of Mexico by 23rd, August 2005. By 29th August, it had struck Louisiana and caused several damages along the Texas from Florida. Places like Mississippi had their coastal regions all submerged in water effect (Shaughness, White & Brendler, 2010)'.
The effects of Katrina were the highest in the Bush regime. The figures were estimated at over 105 billion for reconstructions. This figure hardly includes the destroyed supplies of oils which highly affected the economy (Mackenzie & Levendis, 2010). The exports sector were highly affected too contributing on the economic destruction factor. Jobs sector was hard hit, and research shows that over 50 billion was the total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi, since everyone was left without jobs in these areas (Mackenzie & Levendis, 2010). No taxes were being collected since no checks were cashed. It is unfortunate that the government allowed reconstruction workers to be paid lower wages which made the place remain poorer than before.
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