Hurricane Katrina - Directory of Online Resources

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The White House

• Hurricane Preparedness
  • The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned (February 2006)

U.S. House of Representatives - Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

• A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report (February 2006)

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

• Hurricane Katrina
  Sections include: Reports ; Documents ; Hearings.

GAO Reports & Testimonies Related to Disaster Preparedness, Response and Reconstruction (includes Katrina reports)
- U.S. General Accountability Office

• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  Federal Actions Could Enhance Preparedness of Certain State-Administered Federal Support Programs
  Report to Congressional Committees, February 2007.
• Hurricane Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Continued Findings of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
  Testimony Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, December 8, 2006.

CNN.com Specials - Hurricane Katrina
Sections include: News ; Maps ; Rescue & Relief ; People ; Impact ; Storm & Flood.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Hurricane Katrina: How to Get Help

katrina.louisiana.gov
"Welcome to the State Of Louisiana's official website for dissemination of information concerning hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This website has been established to provide the latest information and resources regarding relief and assistance provided by the state government for citizens impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita."

Bring New Orleans Back Fund
Mayor Ray Nagin's commission. Includes Commission Final Reports and other important documents.

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

• New Orleans Hurricane Protection Projects Data - (dead link)
  - Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) Draft Final Report, June 2006.
• Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration (LACPR)
  "The project will identify, describe and propose a full range of flood control, coastal restoration, and hurricane protection measures for South Louisiana."
  • Technical Reports
• Hurricane Protection System
  - New Orleans District Task Force

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Hurricane Recovery Resources
  • Katrina Press Releases and Photos

American RadioWorks

• Rebuilding Biloxi
  "...an intimate portrait of several families struggling to rebuild their lives in Biloxi, and a city trying to reclaim itself."
  Listen to the program or read the transcript.

Brookings Institution

• METRO Hurricane Katrina
  • Building a Better New Orleans
    A Review of and Plan for Progress One Year after Hurricane Katrina
    By Amy Liu, August 2006.
  • Special Edition of the Katrina Index
    A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans
    By Amy Liu, Matt Fellowes, and Mia Mabanta, August 2006.
  • Preparing for Future "Katrinas"
    By Robert E. Litan, March 2006.
  • Rebuilding After Katrina: Forming the Federal-State Local Partnership for Southern Louisiana
    A Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program Forum, February 2006.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Concentrated Poverty in New Orleans and Other American Cities
  By Bruce Katz, August 4, 2006.

Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita
"...uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. George Mason Universityís Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History and other partners, organized this project."

Librarians' Index to the Internet [LII] : Hurricane Katrina
Sections include: Aid and Charities ; Animal Rescue ; Disaster Recovery ; Displace Students ; Environmental Factors ; Flood Cleanup ; Flood Control and Levee Management ; Floods ; Gas Prices and Availability ; Health and Sanitation ; Housing and Shelter ; Hurricane Preparedness ; Hurricanes ; Insurance Claims ; Libraries, Impact On ; Maps and Images ; News Coverage ; People Finders ; Survivor Services ; Volunteer Opportunities.

National Academies Press (free downloads)

• Third Report of the NAE/NRC Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
  Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, National Research Council, 2006.
• Drawing Louisiana's New Map: Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana
  Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana, National Research Council, 2006.
• Opportunities for Water Security Research: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- Letter Report
  Committee on Water System Security Research, National Research Council, 2006.
• Second Report of the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
  Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council, 2006.
• Structural Performance of the New Orleans Hurricane Protection System During Hurricane Katrina: Letter Report.
  Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, National Research Council, 2006.

National Hurricane Survival Initiative (NHC)
"...maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones from May 15 through November 30 in the eastern Pacific and from June 1 through November 30 in the Atlantic , issuing forecasts, watches and warnings."
Sections include: Prepare ; Storm Stats ; News Room.

New Orleans Kid Camera Project
"...was created to address the psychological and emotional impacts of Hurricane Katrina on children returning home to New Orleans."

New Scientist Environment

• Special Report on Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath
  Sections include: Stories ; Expert Guide ; Photo Gallery ; Interactive Graphics ; Pick of the Archive ; Briefing Notes ; Bookworm ; Web Links.

PBS NATURE - Katrina's Animal Rescue
Sections include: Photos ; Ask the Rescuers ; Meet the Rescuers ; Health Effects ; Resources.

PBS NOVA - Stormed That Drowned a City (Watch Program Online)
Companion website to the November 2005 broadcast.
"Experts and eyewitnesses reconstruct the devastating floods that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans...Unlike many news shows on Katrina, this program focuses in depth on the factors that made New Orleans so vulnerable."
Sections include: Interview, Time Line & Slide Show ; Interactives ; Resources.

PBS - The Online Newshour

• After Hurricane Katrina
  Sections include: FEMA's Role ; Challenges to the Insurance Industry ; New Orleans Planning Under Scrutiny ; Impact on the Oil Industry ; How You Can Help ; Extra: Lesson Plan.

RAND Technical Reports (free downloads)

• The Repopulation of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina
  By: Kevin F. McCarthy, D. J. Peterson, Narayan Sastry, Michael Pollard, January 2006.

Local News

The Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi)

The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

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