Selected comments on Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) from email lists Compiled by Ilan Kelman
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Reply-To : Hannah.Brenkert@colorado.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 7:05:00 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : definition of refugee Dictionaries are great. Please see below; three consistent definitions- none of them based on time, but rather based on social and political context. ref·u·gee ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rfy-j) n. One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution. [French réfugié, from past participle of réfugier, to take refuge, from Old French, from refuge, refuge. See refuge.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
Pronunciation: "re-fyu-'jE Function: noun : an individual seeking refuge or asylum; especially : an individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (as because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion) Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. refugee n : an exile who flees for safety Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University ___________________________________________________________________________ Hannah Brenkert University of Colorado Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Assistant, Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado IBS1 #6, UCB 483 Boulder, CO 80309-0483 hannah.brenkert@colorado.edu From : Christine A. Bevc Reply-To : Christine.Bevc@colorado.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 7:22:54 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : How to receive digests For those of you who are less active on the list and concerned about the traffic into your inbox... Instead of receiving the individual e-mails, you can get just one e-mail a day. Send an e-mail to listproc@lists.colorado.edu Leave the subject line blank In the body type (just copy and paste the next line)
I hope this will help some of you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Christine -- Christine A. Bevc University of Colorado - Boulder Graduate Student, Department of Sociology Research Assistant, Natural Hazards Center 482 UCB
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0482 Phone: (303) 492-0428 Fax: (303) 492-2151 christine.bevc@colorado.edu http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/ From : Runte, Eduardo Frederico Augusto Reply-To : o681j@unb.ca Sent : September 2, 2005 7:23:39 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : RE: Katrina Hi Mauro, No, I don't think the way we label them will change their perception of what is going on with them right now. Perhaps it doesn't matter for the "practitioners" either. But it does make an interesting point for scientific inquiry. Someone mentioned something about international law, so I'm wondering if for legal/insurance purposes, being a refugee or an evacuee would make a difference. --
Eduardo Frederico Augusto Runte MA Candidate - Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick ICQ: 31826219 MSN: efarunte@hotmail.com From : Ilan Kelman Reply-To : ilan_kelman@hotmail.com Sent : September 2, 2005 7:44:22 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : RE: Katrina > I would like to challenge the individuals who have made lists of > literature suggesting we have created answers that are not implemented > to recite the corresponding practitioner perspective on the same issues.
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=PROTECT&id=3c0762ea4 Because of IDPs, EDPs, moving country boundaries, "environmental refugees", and emergencies with combined causes, the lines between refugees and non-refugees are being blurred and are causing problems in international law and disaster response. UNHCR, for example, has ended up working outside of its mandate and outside of international law, yet with an international mandate and support. Ilan From : Darlington Jo D Reply-To : jdd4556@louisiana.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 7:59:58 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Katrina and Quick Response Grants from the NHC Might I make a suggestion that those of you who are qualified visit the Natural Hazards Center website and apply for some funding to actually study what is happening in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama? Just search for Quick Response Grants. FYI, I did not have a "pre-approved" proposal and was able to secure support with a phone call and a well thought out research question. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jo Darlington, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Louisiana@Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504
email: jdd4556@louisiana.edu From : Kimberly Shoaf Reply-To : kshoaf@ucla.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 8:00:41 PM To : o681j@unb.ca, disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : RE: Katrina
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From : Susan Weiler Reply-To : weilercs@whitman.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 8:13:50 PM To : mmessina@co.iredell.nc.us CC : Subject : Re: Katrina from Merriam Webster on-line dictionary: Main Entry: ref·u·gee Pronunciation: "re-fyu-'jE, 're-fyu-" Function: noun Etymology: French réfugié, past participle of (se) réfugier to take refuge, from Latin refugium : one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution - ref·u·gee·ism /-"i-z&m/ noun Main Entry: evac·u·ee Pronunciation: i-"va-ky&-'wE Function: noun : an evacuated person Main Entry: evac·u·ate Pronunciation: i-'va-ky&-"wAt Function: verb Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing Etymology: Middle English, to draw off morbid humors, from Latin evacuatus, past participle of evacuare to empty, from e- + vacuus empty transitive senses 1 : to remove the contents of : EMPTY 2 : to discharge from the body as waste : VOID 3 : to remove something (as gas or water) from especially by pumping 4 a : to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous area b : to withdraw from military occupation of c : VACATE intransitive senses 1 : to withdraw from a place in an organized way especially for protection 2 : to pass urine or feces from the body - evac·u·a·tive /-"wA-tiv/ adjective
From : Reply-To : Nikola.Garber@noaa.gov Sent : September 2, 2005 8:40:46 PM To : cstalber@mitigation.com CC : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : NOAA photos of devastated areas. Hi all,
for those of you looking for photos of the devastated areas... NOAA has done numerous overflight photos in the past few days with more photos yet to be posted. Check out http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/ Make sure and "Click here for imagery. " under the index maps photo...this will give you the entire coast and boxes to click on in areas you want to view and not make you download all the photos. You can zoom in and the photos are clear. - Kola
From : jerichob@juno.com Reply-To : jerichob@juno.com Sent : September 2, 2005 8:43:14 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: definition of refugee
Something television reporters aren't aware of, but! perhaps will be after this. Jericho Burg Department of Communication University of California From : Darlington Jo D Reply-To : jdd4556@louisiana.edu Sent : September 2, 2005 9:45:03 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : looting and disasters
looting has occurred is not a natural disaster. The levee failure is a technological aka manmade disaster. I think it follows the pattern established in the literature. Looting seldom occurs as a response to natural disasters, but is known to occur following technological disasters.... just my thoughts.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jo Darlington Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Louisiana@Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504 Phone: 337-482-6067 email: jdd4556@louisiana.edu From : Runte, Eduardo Frederico Augusto Reply-To : o681j@unb.ca Sent : September 2, 2005 10:30:56 PM To : jdd4556@louisiana.edu CC : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: looting and disasters Hello, This is true - Quarantelli is quite clear when reporting that his conclusions derive mostly from "natural" disasters. He also makes the point that he is talking about "widespread" looting. However, if you take a look at Drabek's "Human System Responses to Disaster", he says: "Despite the influx of non-victims into disaster areas, researchers repeatedly have documented an absence of looting behavior. This pertains both to the immediate emergency period and, as we will see in the next chapter, to the early stages of recovery, except under highly specialized circumstances. (...) No doubt some looting behavior occurs, but it is minimal at worst and entirely nonexistent, at best." (pages 145-146) He then presents two quotes from the literature, one relating to a "technological" disaster (plane crash) and a "natural" one (tornado). If you look at Fischer's "Response to disaster: Facts versus fiction & its perpetuation", looting is dismissed as "rare or nonexistent", but (as far as I can remember from the book), there is no warning that most of the research was done natural disasters - it is easy (though naive) to conclude that looting never occurs, or that it will never be widespread. If we accept that looting is more common in technological disasters than in natural ones, there remains a key question - did people perceive (and thus responded to it) the disaster as a technological or a natural one? Also, if the disaster (or catastrophe) in New Orleans is "classified" as a technological disaster, there may be impacts on how the insurance industry will deal with it. Eduardo. -- Eduardo Frederico Augusto Runte MA Candidate - Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick ICQ: 31826219 MSN: efarunte@hotmail.com From : Ezra Boyd Sent : September 3, 2005 5:23:40 AM To : tonyreic@cox.net, Laurie.Ure@turner.com, disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu, S.N.Jonkman@dww.rws.minvenw.nl, ilan_kelman@hotmail.com Subject : Katrina -- Local Perspective CONSERVE GAS! Expect search and rescue to continue for sometime. I have seen little coverage of the Bywater/Ninth Ward, New Orleans East, St. Bernard Parish, Plaquemines Parish. These areas were hit hard. Local radio aired official from St. Bernard who said FEMA has not contacted them, much less physically reached them. Search and rescue could continue for weeks. Civil unrest has spread. Though isolated in comparision, looting has been observed in Baton Rouge and St. Bernard. Slidell, La is likely next. This nation must provide immediate housing for 1 million citizens. Technically, they are internally displaced persons. But, they are also people in need of immediate refuge and they are poor and destitute. Please urge everyone, especially those in southeast, to be compassionate and patient. disaster_grads list master: please remove me temporarly from the listserve. Everyone: Please do not email me unless you are in a position to provide immediate relief. Bas and Ilan: I will refer all questions about flood fatality research to you two.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ezra Boyd Graduate Research Assistant Center for the Study of the Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes Suite 3221 CEBA Bldg. Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-7694 ezra@hurricane.lsu.edu From : Fred Dilger Reply-To : fcd5@cox.net Sent : September 3, 2005 4:17:17 PM To : Subject : Katrina and risk assessment Hello, I hate to add to the discussion. The deadeningly silly news coverage has now turned to oil refining. The real problem will be the increase in world food costs-something like 70% of the world’s feed grain used to stage near New Orleans before passing overseas and now can’t for a long time-the US grain harvest may be stuck. I’d like to make a different point. What does this mean for the use of risk assessment? Others have pointed out that the risks were well known for a long time. These risk were communicated, and obvious to anyone traveling there-when your hotel lobby is thirty feet below the river’s level, you know something is wrong. The problem is that the risks were not acted on. The question is will this change how risk assessment is done? Nuclear power plants used to be constructed with a huge containment vessel over them to prevent the spread of radiation in the event of a “worst-case scenario”. Then it changed to “risk-based” design which dramatically reduced costs and did away with a lot of protections based on the probability of a severe event occurring. My question is: Does risk assessment work? Which is a better course of action: 1) to produce technically credible assessments of risk that are not used or 2) a worst-case scenario that attracts attention but is dismissed as crazy or too expensive and then not acted on. I’ve done both. It’s an urgent question because DHS is changing to a “risk-based” system for awarding grant funds. In 1994, I got to witness ex-Gov. Edwin “Silver Zipper” Edwards address an NCSL meeting and joke that he was not able to own property in the state he had been Governor of because of his felony convictions. This area has a long history of bad governance and I think more will come out. Note that Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi did not have similar problems Based on what I’ve learned so far, communications was the Achilles Heel that hampered decision making and assessment. Same as 9/11. The cell phone repeaters were on the twin towers and when they went, the communication failed. The same thing happened here, because the phone service went down. Ultimately the best solution will be to deploy and subsidize a satellite telephone system, like the Iridium system that went bankrupt. But then we’ll have to worry about solar storms. The best, most humane mitigation action I’ve heard was suggested by my colleague David Ballard at Cal State Northridge. He said that the authorities should have issued Social Security, Welfare and Adoption and Foster Care payments before the end of the month so that many of these people would have the money to leave. A wrinkle could have been to make them collect the money in person and shuttle them onto evacuation buses at the same time.
Fred C. Dilger PhD. (702) 290-6990 From : Dave Johnson Reply-To : djost3+@pitt.edu Sent : September 3, 2005 6:22:45 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : RE: Katrina and risk assessment An excellent point. Risk assessment has always been the basis on which the rest of the emergency management strategies were based. The move to a risk-based policy is not a bad thing IF the range of risk is addressed. As with most issues it comes down to where the money is best spent based on how comfortable you are in rolling the risk dice. In the case of NO it obviously came up snake eyes. We can have redundant systems and hardended system but where do you draw the line? Consider not only the initial cost but also the long term, and often more expensvie costs of on-going maintenance. Undoubtedly mitigation is the more cost-effective but how much and where. These are complex, interdependent systems with a potential for both localized and cascading failure. Both concerns have to be addressed. There are no easy answers but that is why we took on this challenge in association with the practicing EMs. The big road block, in my opinion, is implementation. As Dr. Dilger points out the ultimate linchpins are the politicians that have to vote to implement wisely and not for the action that makes the most press. I really like the idea of passing out the checks and boarding passes at the same time. I'll have to keep that idea in the mental tool box. David "DJ" Johnson, PhD candidate University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA/ Allegheny Co Emergency Services
From : Sent : September 3, 2005 7:32:46 PM To : ezra@hurricane.lsu.edu, tonyreic@cox.net, Laurie.Ure@turner.com, disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu, S.N.Jonkman@dww.rws.minvenw.nl, ilan_kelman@hotmail.com CC : Patricia.Stepken@dhs.gov Subject : Re: Katrina -- Local Perspective Hi Ezra and All As a member of the grad list, a disaster researcher, a previous FEMA caseworker, and a person born and raised in the heart of uptown New Orleans, I am writing to get the word out that if you apply for FEMA assistance please leave contact information and mailing addresses that can be utilized. There is no way to cal New Orleans as of yet. My mother is the youngest of fourteen children born in New Orleans. We have set up a line of communication and also are using contact information from Houston to get Temporary housing monies to our loved ones. If you know what hotels your family members are staying at, get their addresses and make sure you can contact them via telephone. Also know that if your family is moving from a hotel to a temporary house or apartment make sure you get the address to forward mail. Develop a daily call time so that you can update with the families. FEMA's biggest problem is going to be trying to contact applicant's directly. If there is a person who does have stable phone service, use that number. Mostly understand that the FEMA representatives, many of which here in Denton are my friends and family also are working 12 hour shifts taking sometimes fifteen applications or more on one call, are doing their best to get the information and move through the constant queue lights on the walls reminding them for every call they take 500 more are waiting. peace,
University of North Texas Adjunct Instructor Women's Studies Texas Woman's University Doctoral Student Sociology and Women's Studies GTA Alpha Kappa Delta Treasurer, TWU Chapter email jusbcas@aol.com (or) jusbcas@twu.edu
"...within the war we are all waging with the forces of death, subtle and otherwise, conscious or not - I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior." - Audre Lorde "We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other." -Audre Lorde, "Eye to Eye" "It is easy to be friendly to ones friends. But to befriend the one who regards [themselves] as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion." -Mahatma Gandhi "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." Dalai Lama From : Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D. Reply-To : rodrigue@jps.net Sent : September 4, 2005 3:45:43 AM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : [Fwd: History Repeats Itself] The parallels are depressing. Chrys Rodrigue From: Bob Mason To: "Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D." Subject: History Repeats Itself Sent: September 3, 2005 7:14:05 PM Chrys:
Bob From : Christian Stalberg Reply-To : cstalber@mitigation.com Sent : September 4, 2005 11:51:35 AM To : Subject : Racism is at the Heart of the Katrina Disaster I realize this is a provocative news article but I wanted to share it with the list as it touches on a number of issues of interest that I hope will precipitate discussion. - Christian Racism is at the Heart of the Katrina Disaster By Joel Wendland, Political Affirs magazine
officials fought for, begged for, and demanded federal funding to implement hurricane defense plans that could have avoided the widespread flooding of New Orleans. But the Bush administration has continuously slashed funding for those projects. Robert Hartwig, chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute, was quoted early last week in Newhouse News Service as saying, "It’s going to be very evident that there were an enormous number of vulnerabilities that weren’t addressed." Toby Chaudhuri, communications director for the Campaign for America’s Future, said, "This is a very hard time for many of us, but we can’t forget that while the hurricane was an accident, the tragedy and horror were allowed to happen. It was not a surprise." Since 2001, key federal disaster mitigation programs, including FEMA’s Project Impact, a model mitigation program created by the Clinton administration, have been cut or canceled outright. Cuts in federal funding for these programs have pushed communities across the country to compete for scarce pre-disaster mitigation dollars. In 2003, the Republican-controlled Congress approved a White House proposal to cut FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) in half. For Louisiana directly, Bush rejected pleas from the state’s congressional delegation urging Congress earlier this year to dedicate a stream of federal money to Louisiana’s coast. Ultimately a deal worth $540 million to the state over four years was agreed to, but it was far short of the needed estimate of $14 billion. In its 2005 budget, the Bush administration proposed only $10.4 million in funding, a sixth of what local officials say they needed, for southeast Louisiana’s chief hurricane protection project. Bush’s 2006 budget proposal cuts funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, the entity that has helped build much of the levee system in New Orleans and proposed major renovations in 2004 and early 2005 for which it couldn’t scrounge up the funds. These proposed cuts come after Bush’s 2005 budget proposal called for a 13 percent reduction in the Army Corps of Engineers budget, down to $4 billion from $4.6 billion in fiscal 2004. "I’ve been here over 30 years and I’ve never seen this level of reduction," Al Naomi, project manager for the New Orleans district of the US Army Corps of Engineers, told the local papers prior to this year’s hurricane season. "Money is so tight the New Orleans district instituted a hiring freeze. The freeze is the first of its kind in about 10 years," said Marcia Demma, chief of the Corps’ Programs Management Branch last June. "I think it’s extremely shortsighted," Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu (D) warned at the beginning of the summer. "When the Corps of Engineers’ budget is cut, Louisiana bleeds. These projects are literally life-and-death projects to the people of south Louisiana and they are (of) vital economic interest to the entire nation." The Bush administration’s shift in concern to the "war on terrorism" and its war on Iraq have forced states to shoulder more of the responsibility to provide support for natural disasters and emergencies. Unfortunately, state budget shortfalls, fueled by cuts in direct grants to states on many levels, have meant fewer dollars for emergency management programs. In fiscal year 2004, the average budget for a state emergency management agency was $40.8 million, a 23 percent reduction from fiscal year 2003. In an effort that showed the President’s personal lack of concern for natural disaster preparedness, Bush called for cutting the federal percentage of large-scale natural disaster preparedness expenditures from 75 percent of such costs, with states and municipalities funding the other 25 percent, to a 50 percent federal responsibility. For Louisiana directly, Bush rejected pleas from the state’s congressional delegation urged Congress earlier this year to dedicate a stream of federal money to Louisiana’s coast. Ultimately a deal was struck to steer $540 million to the state over four years, far short of the needed estimated of $14 billion. In its budget, the Bush administration also proposed only $10.4 million in funding, a sixth of what local officials say they needed for southeast Louisiana’s chief hurricane protection project. Last September, Terry Tullier, the New Orleans emergency preparedness director, expressed anger at learning that a federally funded study to determine ways to protect the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved. "I’m all for the war effort, but every time I think about the $87 billion being spent on rebuilding Iraq, I ask: What about us?" he told New Orleans’ Time-Picayune. He later warned that a major hurricane would have wide repercussions. "We are so critical that if it hits the fan in New Orleans, everything this side of the Rockies will feel the economic shock waves." Rev. Jesse Jackson, in a statement released yesterday, remarked, "Homeland security means more than removing people’s shoes at the airport. It means making sure that our levees, our dams, our bridges, our roads, our ports and rails are all safe. Unfortunately, the tax cuts for the rich and the billions wasted on an unnecessary war in Iraq have devastated our public infrastructure, forcing cuts at every level—including levee protection and maintenance." "The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina points to the problems of long-term divestment in our infrastructure and our communities," said Greg Speeter, executive director of the National Priorities Project. "At the same time, the federal government has found $205 billion to fund the Iraq War. In comparison, money required for necessary infrastructure development looks like peanuts." Disaster epxerts also expressed concern over deep cuts adopted by Bush and the Republican Congress to the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (SELA). SELA’s budget was slashed from $36.5 million awarded in 2005 to $10.4 million suggested for 2006 by congressional Republicans and the president. Likewise, $35 million in projects to build and improve levees identified by the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans simply went unfunded. Last March, Senator Landrieu warned that budget cuts for these projects could have dire consequences. "We could have lost 100,000 lives had Hurricane Ivan hit the mouth of the (Mississippi) River," said Landrieu. "God has been good, but one of these days a hurricane is going to come and, if we don’t get projects finished, were sitting ducks." National Guard resources and personnel needed for disaster relief stuck in Iraq prompted sharp criticism from National Guard officials and many politicians. "Missing the personnel is the big thing in this particular event. We need our people," Lt. Andy Thaggard told the Washington Post. Thaggard is a spokesperson for the Mississippi National Guard, which has a brigade of more than 4,000 troops in central Iraq. Louisiana also has about 3,000 Guard troops in Baghdad. In addition to personnel shortages, National Guard officials have complained of equipment shortages. To equip troops in Iraq, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press, the Pentagon stripped local Guard units of about 24,000 pieces of equipment. That has left Guard units at home, already seriously short of gear. Since the results of this disaster, many state officials fear that continued occupation of Iraq will negatively impact on National Guard recruitment and leaves their states unprotected against natural disasters and forest fires. This situation even generated criticism from Republican ranks. Rep. Matt Foley (R-FL) called for the return of Florida’s National Guard contingent from Iraq to aid in ongoing disaster relief operations their and to bolster disaster prevention measures. According to National Priorities Project estimates, Louisiana taxpayers will pay $1.7 billion for what Congress has allocated so far for the Iraq War, Mississippi will pay $919 million, and Alabama will pay $1.9 billion. These amounts easily could have funded not only an array of social programs in these three states, but could have rebuilt and strengthened the levee system around New Orleans. For Bush’s racist politics of cutting needed funds in Louisiana to pay for tax cuts for the rich and a war for oil, tens of thousands are suffering. It is a crime that cries out for justice. From : Courtney Flint Reply-To : cflint@uiuc.edu Sent : September 4, 2005 1:13:26 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : katrina My initial message posted to the list was intended to initiate dialogue. To a certain extent, that has happened and I thank those from all perspectives for contributing. I still stand by my original remark - that I hoped we might be able to assemble "a collective set of ideas about what went horribly wrong in managing this event, where we go from here, and how the disaster field of practitioners and researchers can respond." In some ways we have initiated this kind of discussion, but I suspect we are all reeling from the circumstances and emotional responses are not surprising. I can't imagine that anyone in Louisiana (or the other affected Gulf States perhaps) would say that things did not go horribly wrong when basic lifesustaining elements took days to arrive (water as a prime example) and known risks were left unmitigated. We will probably see a debate about all of this for years to come. Conflict can be a critical part of constructive dialogue as long as we maintain an ethical framework. One way in which I think we as disaster researchers have done a disservice is to continue to oversimplify the distinction between "natural" and "technological" hazards/disasters. We are continually reminded that these boundaries are so blurry. Responses and experiences are influenced by an array of social and institutional vulnerabilities and capacities that go far beyond initial hazard agents. The best we might offer is our ability to critically evaluate what went wrong, what went right, and incorporate complex factors into our assessments and strategies. Courtney G. Flint Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences 1023 Plant Sciences Laboratory 1201 South Dorner Drive Urbana, IL 61801-4778 Telephone: 217-244-1840 Fax: 217-244-3469 Cell: 217-714-6012 EMail: cflint@uiuc.edu From : Ilan Kelman Sent : September 4, 2005 2:18:35 PM To : cflint@uiuc.edu Subject : RE: katrina
From : kelly fitzgerald Reply-To : kellyfitzgerald@hotmail.com Sent : September 4, 2005 7:28:02 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Request for Assistance--Research on Older Disaster Victims (Katrina) Dear all- I am a gerontology doctoral candidate and also a Red Cross Disaster Team member. I will be deploying very shortly with the Red Cross to the Gulf Coast working most likely in a shelter or mass feeding. While I am down there I would like to use this time to learn more about older victims, and use what I learn as part of my dissertation. Is there anyone out there that is interested in this topic who would be willing to assist, guide, or work with me in any capacity in preparing and collecting data? I know this request sounds very vague, but I have a few research questions in mind and will communicate those to anyone who responds to me directly at kellyfitzgerald@hotmail.com. Best regards, Kelly Fitzgerald, MPA, MS, PhD Candidate University of Massachusetts Boston Gerontology Center Boston, MA From : Vernee Ross Reply-To : simplicity1020@yahoo.com Sent : September 4, 2005 8:06:57 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : disaster email
From : Yang Zhang Reply-To : zhangy@neo.tamu.edu Sent : September 5, 2005 5:28:48 PM To : CC : Subject : The New Planner Doctoral Students Forum for Hurricane Katrina
Please visit www.newplanner.org to see our efforts to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. For researchers, we finished a Vulnerability Analysis of the city of New Orleans. You can also find the slides on our website home page. The New Planners Doctoral Students Forum urges the planning students all over the world make their contribution to the victims of this devastating natural disaster. Thank you for your generosity. Sincerely, The New Planner Doctoral Student Forum Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Texas A&M University ********************************************************************************* Yang Zhang Ph.D. Candidate Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3137 Email: zhangy@neo.tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-1010 Fax: 979-845-5121 **********************************************************************************
Reply-To : o681j@unb.ca Sent : September 6, 2005 3:40:37 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Looting video
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Eduardo Frederico Augusto Runte MA Candidate - Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick ICQ: 31826219 MSN: efarunte@hotmail.com
Reply-To : kingsley911@yahoo.com Sent : September 6, 2005 4:27:16 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Looting video
doesn't have the software, but from the rather obnoxious rants below it on that screen, it seems police were filmed coming out of a Wal-Mart with items. Depending on what the items were (if it can be told for certain), this may be completely legitimate. During the Ft. Collins flood in Colorado a few years ago, police broke in to a sporting goods store and took a great many items. These included a raft, climbing rope and other gear used to assist in the rescue effort. Again, I can't tell what the police are taking, but I would be careful to immediately jump on it as looting until I knew for certain what the materials were being taken for. At the end of the disaster, Ft. Collins was responsible for returning or paying for the items, and did so. This information is per a staff officer with that department.
Region VIII President International Association of Emergency Managers From : Susan Weiler Reply-To : weilercs@whitman.edu Sent : September 6, 2005 4:12:04 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Teachers and Schools Dear all, It is clear that a crisis in education is emerging -- this field is new to me-I wonder if you have any answers-- With all the educational dislocation, has there been any attempt to mobilize graduate students and even college students to teach classes, or shift college students to other universities -- on a massive scale. Expand, the Americorps, work through the churches, etc. etc. to get students through this year? It seems to me it would be a tremendous leaning experience for everyone involved. If we can't all pull together now, after something like this, when can we? Thanks you. Sue Weiler From : Reply-To : meredithmoss@aol.com Sent : September 6, 2005 4:50:18 PM To : weilercs@whitman.edu, disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Teachers and Schools
"The University of Richmond has accepted, tuition-free for the fall semester, a number of undergraduate and law students dislocated from colleges and universities in the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The spots available for the fall semester have been filled. The University wishes it could do more, but capacity is limited by class space available. If stricken schools are not able to reopen in the spring, their students may apply for regular admission to Richmond for the spring semester, which begins in January 2006. The University will have time to plan for increased housing and course availability for spring semester and will accommodate as many mid-year admissions as feasible. Students who are admitted mid-year will have regular full-time student status and thus be eligible to apply for financial aid to meet the cost of tuition, fees, room and board." Meredith Moss Disaster Science Graduate Program University of Richmond From : Runte, Eduardo Frederico Augusto Reply-To : o681j@unb.ca Sent : September 6, 2005 4:51:47 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu CC : kingsley911@yahoo.com Subject : Re: Looting video
emergency, that would be understandable. However, apparently they were taking shoes (but they could be waterproof boots!), and there was no sense of urgency, but rather a sense of embarassment. Further, when asked about what they were doing there, one of the police officers (I'm
trusting that they were police officers and not private security) said they were looking for looters - perhaps they were just keeping an eye on things and make sure there was no violence. After all, it wouldn't make much sense to try to stop the looting in the store, when all resources had to be put to the task of saving lives.
-- Eduardo Frederico Augusto Runte MA Candidate - Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick ICQ: 31826219 MSN: efarunte@hotmail.com From : Reply-To : Keakaha@aol.com Sent : September 6, 2005 5:16:09 PM To : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Teachers and Schools
Jessica Spiegel Law Student Lewis and Clark Law School From : Valarie Olyniec Reply-To : valleyvan@adelphia.net Sent : September 6, 2005 6:24:13 PM To : Subject : RE: Teachers and Schools
From : RaEsa Benjamin-Wardle Reply-To : rbenjam1@ithaca.edu Sent : September 6, 2005 6:49:06 PM To : weilercs@whitman.edu CC : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Teachers and Schools
I'm an undergraduate student at Ithaca College in NY. A large group of us are wondering what we can do to help out fellow college students effected by the hurricane. One of volunteer organizations has invited the campus to meet Thursday to brainstorm and discuss possibilties. Any ideas?
DRC Summer REU student Ithaca College Psychology/Sociology From : Susan Weiler Reply-To : weilercs@whitman.edu Sent : September 6, 2005 7:26:22 PM To : meredithmoss@aol.com CC : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Teachers and Schools Yes, it it looks clear that college students have a lot of opportunities -- but how about the K-12? Many local communities now have double the population of a month ago. My guess is teachers, even untrained teachers such as retired faculty and even undergrad and graduate students, are needed? Sort of like an extended Americorps? cheers, sue From : amy lindsey Reply-To : lindseyamy@yahoo.com Sent : September 7, 2005 2:00:40 AM To : rbenjam1@ithaca.edu, weilercs@whitman.edu CC : disaster_grads@lists.colorado.edu Subject : Re: Teachers and Schools as an emergency management employee sitting on the beach in biloxi, ms I can tell you they need you monitary donatuins more than anything. donations other than cash are logistically very difficult and generally in disasters they dont. want your stuff because they have nowhere to put it. let me recommend you first speak to your local then state emergency management agencies. if you want to donate more than money, donate your time to your local red cross. with so many donations, theyll need. extra help. please please do not self deploy- you will more than likely be sent home before you get to your fdestination. oh yeah, this is being written on a blackberry so sorry about any typos. finally, if you attempt To come to the gulf, be warned there is extremely little fuel and extremely long lines for what fuel is left. fuel trucks are being deployed with armed guards bc there have been a few attacks on vehicles and drivers. thanks, amy lindsey Amy "Sometimes a person has to be surrounded by beauty to settle the soul." Directory: resources resources -> General text for tender (recommendations) for Pilkington Profilit™ Contents Page resources -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose resources -> Practice learning resources -> The Rise of Video Games Section “Word” Matt Spencer resources -> Request for proposal contract form for the transit industry resources -> Request for Proposal [insert date] resources -> The University of York 13th 16th April 2004 resources -> Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program Community Education Initiative resources -> Region III standing regional response team (rrt) meeting williamsburg, Virginia Thursday, January 12, 2012 resources -> Efca eastern District and TouchGlobal, the crisis response ministry of efca Download 0.84 Mb. Share with your friends:
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