Special Issues: Hurricane Katrina

This category contains all Katrina related material, regardless of perspective (preparedness, response, FEMA oversight, etc.). Taken together, the contents provide a starting point for a case study in what went wrong, what was done correctly, and recommendations for the future.

June 23, 2009 - Hurricane Overview & Update for 2009

Phil Klotzbach, Research Scientist, Colorado State University, Hurricane Overview & Update for 2009 (Time Mark: 28.41)

June 16, 2009 - Global Warming

Jen Irish, Assistant Professor, Costal Ocean Engineering - TAMU, Global Warming (Time Mark: 47.31)

June 9, 2009 - Sustainable Community Development and Housing - Hurricane Ike

Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Community Development and Housing - Hurricane Ike (Time Mark: 46.22)

June 2, 2009 - What the city of College Station learned from Katrina and Rita, and their role in the sheltering for many storm refugees

Emergency Management Coordinator, College Station, Texas, What the city of College Station learned from Katrina and Rita, and their role in the sheltering for many storm refugees (Time Mark: 47.32)

June 2, 2009 - Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes)

Federal Coordinating Officer, FEMA, Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes) (Time Mark: 20.46)

June 2, 2009 - FEMA

Senior Research, Fellow Heritage Foundation, FEMA (Time Mark: 17.27)

June 2, 2009 - Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes)

Former Director, National Hurricane Center , Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes) (Time Mark: 5.16)

June 2, 2009 - Hurricane Katrina - Insurance

Finance Reporter, USA Today, Hurricane Katrina - Insurance (Time Mark 1:38)

September 23, 2008 - Hurricane Katrina

Ed Worthington, Director, Mississippi's Office of Homeland Security (29.40)

August 26, 2008 - Emergency Management (Katrina)

Bob Mekee, Director, Texas Task Force 1 (Time Mark: 1.27)

August 26, 2008 - City, State, and Federal resources (Katrina)

Scott Wells, Federal Coordinating Officer, FEMA (Time Mark: 5.50)

August 26, 2008 - Business Continuity, Emergency Preparedness (Katrina)

Jim Burtles, Founding Fellow and board member, Business Continuity Institute in the UK (Time Mark: 14.06)

August 26, 2008 - Natural disasters, Politics (Katrina)

Andrew Healy, Economist and Professor, Loyola Marymount (Time Mark: 21.53)

August 26, 2008 - Natural Disaster (Katrina)

Col. Bullet Youg, Defense Coordinating Officer, FEMA Region VI (Time Mark: 27.43)

August 26, 2008 - Natural Disaster (Katrina)

Jami Haberl, Executive Director, Safeguard Iowa Partnership (Time Mark: 37.56)

August 26, 2008 - Emergency Management, Preparedness (Katrina)

Brian Hilton, Emergency Management Coordinator, College Station, Texas (Time Mark: 47.10)

October 16, 2007 - Natural Disasters (Katrina), Business Security

Donald Powell, Federal Coordinator, Gulf Coast Rebuilding (Time Mark: 18.43)

September 25, 2007 - Business Security (Insurance), Emergency Preparedness

Howard Kunreuther, Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Process Center (Time Mark: 1.46)

July 17, 2007 - Natural Disasters (Katrina), Emergency Management Training, Emergency Preparedness

Lynn Davis, Military Strategy and Homeland Security Department, RAND (Time Mark: 40.07)

June 19, 2007 - Incident Command System

Donald Moynihan, Assistant Professor, La Folette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Time Mark: 29.33)

June 5, 2007 - Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes)

Max Mayfield, Former Director, National Hurricane Center (Time Mark: 2.11)

June 5, 2007 - FEMA Culture

James Jay Carafano, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation (Time Mark: 15.21)

June 5, 2007 - Natural Disasters (Katrina/Hurricanes)

Andrew Sachs, Director of Mitigation and Planning, James Lee Witt Associates (Time Mark: 18.54)

June 5, 2007 - Homeland Security Education

David McEntire, Associate Professor, Emergency Administration and Planning Program, Department of Public Administration, University of North Texas (Time Mark: 29.34)

June 5, 2007 - Natural Disasters (Katrina), Emergency Management Preparedness

Kathy Chu, Finance Reporter, USA Today (Time Mark: 39.39)

November 9, 2006 - DHS Culture (USCG Integration), Natural Disasters (Katrina)

ADM Thad Allen, Commandant, US Coast Guard (Time Mark: 1.36)