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| − | The inept [[disaster recovery]] response to [[Hurricane Katrina]] began four days after the storm, with [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) preparations that ranged from logistical supply deployments to a [[mortuary]] team with refrigerated trucks.
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| − | The Department of Homeland Security issued these key statistics as of 10 AM on [[September 3]] [[2005]]: [http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=4783]
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| − | * Lives Saved -- 11,500
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| − | * Citizens Evacuated -- 25,000
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| − | * Water distributed by FEMA -- 6.7 million liters
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| − | * [[MRE]]s distributed by FEMA -- 1.9 million
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| − | * U.S. Coast Guard -- 4,000
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| − | * National Guard -- 22,000
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| − | * FEMA responders -- 5,000
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| − | ==Relief Efforts==
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| − | * '''American Red Cross'''
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| − | [[Image:Katrina-14501.jpg|thumb|American Red Cross personel attenting refugees in the [[Reliant Astrodome]].]]
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| − | The [[American Red Cross]] is mobilizing the largest relief effort in its 124-year history to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Local Chapters across the nation are actively mobilising thousands of volunteers for immediate deployment to the disaster region. More than 250 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) are sent to provide food and water to victims [http://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4495,00.html].
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| − | Red Cross has also set up more than 200 shelters in the states of Texas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, and these have already received more than 75,000 people [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3332355]. A number of shelters have already reached capacity, and the number of refugees is expected to increase further [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/29/hurricane.katrina/].
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| − | The [[American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund]] is collecting donations from the public for the relief effort. By [[September 5]], they had raised $409 million dollars in cash and pledges, surpassing the rate of donation for the Asian tsunami and September 11.
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| − | The American Red Cross has not been allowed by Louisiana to provide aid within the city of New Orleans.[http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524]
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| − | * The [[Catholic Charities]] activated a disaster response plan; areas outside of the disaster are providing refugee relief, and agencies located in or nearby are mobilizing to assist the needy.
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| − | * [[Operation Blessing]] began organizing to ship food and relief supplies into the affected areas, as it has done in disaster zones around the world before. [[America's Second Harvest]], a [[food bank]] that operates in many communities, began coordinating efforts to ship food donations to coastal areas.
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| − | * The [[Salvation Army]] immediately turned its efforts to providing food and shelter where it could.
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| − | * [[Mercy Corps]] is accepting donations and sending a team of emergency relief experts to the Gulf region to offer financial and technical assistance for immediate and longer-term relief and recovery efforts.
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| − | * [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] is also responding to the devastation. While emergency services and rescue personnel work on relief operations in New Orleans, they are at high risk of disease.
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| − | Other nonprofit non-governmental organizations that are helping like the [[ASPCA]] are listed on [http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=NEWS Network for Good]'s website. [http://www.thefamily.org The Family International]has mobilized Christian Counsellors to provide spiritual healing, comfort and encouragement to the evacuees throughout Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi and have launched [http://www.katrinareliefhome.com Katrina Relief Home] to share the needs of the victims of this disaster. The [[Scientology Volunteer Ministers]] headed by a medical doctor went to New Orleans with enough tetanus shots to inoculate 100 police, National Guard and other rescue workers at risk due to the unsanitary conditions [http://www.volunteerministers.org].
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| − | The [http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page KatrinaHelp wiki] is a grassroots effort collating all refugee records from a variety of sites (including [[Craigslist]], et al) in [[PFIF]] format; they offer an elegant [http://katrinalist.net/katrinaPeopleFinder/ search interface] to their database.
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| − | [[Awake In America]], a [[non-profit]] organization based in [[Philadelphia]], launched "Operation Restore CPAP" to get equipment to treat [[sleep]] apnea in victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] who had been previously diagnosed with [[sleep apnea]].
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| − | ==Scam artist responses==
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| − | In the wake of a large outpouring of support, many [[Confidence trick|scam artists]] took advantage of the public's willingness to provide money and other resources to victims of the hurricane. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] reported [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/09/08/scammers_take_advantage_of_katrina.html] that over 500 illegitimate websites were created to collect money that ostensibly would go to hurricane victims. [[Spam (electronic)|Spam]] emails were then circulated to attract donations.
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| − | Modified from Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Katrina_disaster_relief Hurricane Katrina disaster relief]
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