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Were the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina a result of…
Were the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina a result of nature, design, or swindling?
Key Stakeholders
Kathleen Blanco (governor), Bush tried to shift the blame to Blanco although she had declared a state of emergency three days before the storm hit
Clarence Raymond Nagin (mayor), issued the first mandatory evacuation ever in the city, was angry with slow response
Bush Administration, slow response
Army Corps of Engineers, designed the levees that failed during the storm
FEMA, the trailers provided to those who lost their homes were riddled with high levels of formaldehyde
Secondary Stakeholders
The Cajun Navy, an informal response group who is credited to help save over 10,000 people in their response efforts
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110 out of 126 public NOLA schools being destroyed by the storm resulted in students being placed in other districts for the remainder of the school year
Primary Stakeholders
Lower Ninth Ward, poorest part of the city submerged in flood waters
Mainly affected the poor, black population of New Orleans
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