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Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 201
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
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Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
The author provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina-- and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous...
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 187
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Series
Quick response research report volume 189
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 186
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Children's experiences in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were examined. This research describes the experiences of children and their families in the days and weeks following the storm, discusses what was done on behalf of children to reduce their vulnerability, and illustrates various things that children did for themselves and for others to lessen the impacts of the disaster.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 195
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 180
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this report is to share our experiences in helping to set up and operate GIS within the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the days following Katrina's land fall.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enjoying a quiet life in a tiny Louisiana fishing town, sixteen-year-old Evangeline is set adrift by Hurricane Katrina and must work through difficult political and cultural challenges to regain her sense of belonging.
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