Problem
Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast in the Fall of 2005, is now considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in American history. The storm killed approximately 1,800 people, cost billions in property damage, and displaced more than 400,000 residents. It has been seen not only as a natural disaster but also a human failure. Do you see the effects of Hurricane Katrina as a failure of the local, state or federal government? Why was this storm not taken more seriously? How has this storm changed the approach taken to natural disasters?