Hurricane Katrina.

I was surprised there wasn't already a thread on this.

So, how do you think everything that went wrong could have been prevented?

How can we prevent it from happening again? By that, I don't mean stopping hurricanes. I mean levee systems, political leaders with actual intelligence, and prepared help.

How can we help make the negative aftermath more positive? (I. E. Lack of proper education, housing, help, optimism.)

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Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States. Most notable in media coverage were the catastrophic effects on the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and in coastal Mississippi.

I think that can be talked about here:

Global Warming

I don't know how people can help really. At my school we had a big thing where we raised money. Kids (including myself) were giving like wads of money. Like they were saving up for a cell phone (or in my case iPod) and giving it all. I think we really helped as much as we could.
P.S. I defenately was not bragging

THESE PEOPLE KNEW WAY AHEAD OF TIME THAT THE HURRICANE WAS COMING, THEY LIVE IN A BIG BOWL SURROUNDED BY WATER AND LEVIES THAT ARE OVER 100 YRS OLD. DUH, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN A HURRICANE THAT STRONG COMES THROUGH.THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO GET OUT. IF WORST CAME TO WORST I WOULD GET A SHOPPING CART AND EVERYTHING I NEEDED, CHUNK THE KIDS IN THERE AND START WALKING INLAND

^The people that stayed in the city couldn't AFFORD to get out. They didn't have any where to go even if they could. The city didn't provide enough help.

Part of the problems with the aftermath was the fact that the head of FEMA, an organization under the Department of Homeland Security meant to help after such disasters, was incompetent. Aid from the federal government really has been minimal which is sad considering all the money that's gone out of the country to help build Iraq.

What can we do to help? The week after the hurricane, an organization I was in helped to raise $10,000 to send to help rebuild schools etc. People could still do things like that to help out.