21st Century Reference Guide to Hurricane Katrina The Incredible Storm and the Destruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005 - DVD-ROM
Author: U.S. Government

This unique electronic book on DVD-ROM, completely updated in early 2006, has a comprehensive collection of the finest federal documents and resources about the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after the Hurricane Katrina disaster of August ? September 2005, which created an incredible human catastrophe and devastation in Louisiana, ... more »Mississippi, and Alabama. Katrina will likely be recorded as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, producing catastrophic damage and untold casualties in the New Orleans area and along the Mississippi gulf coast, and additional casualties in south Florida. Hundreds of documents and files provide encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the hurricane, its immediate aftermath, and the current efforts to recover and rebuild. Unique new material includes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) efforts to rebuild and strengthen the New Orleans levees; FEMA high-resolution flood recovery maps; White House and Congressional aid and recovery plans; FEMA disaster help, and the official National Weather Service report on the hurricane. There is extensive USACE material from the Mississippi Valley and New Orleans districts, including: Army Corps of Engineers response to hurricane recovery; Task Force Hope recovery operations; Task Force Guardian hurricane protection actions; New Orleans levees and floodwalls historical information; Hurricane Katrina Contract Support; Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force investigation of the 17th Street Canal levee breach which flooded the city. There is material from twenty-six federal agencies and departments, with in-depth national reports, technical and scientific data, and images: * Bush White House * FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) * Army Corps of Engineers * National Guard * Department of Homeland Security * NASA (satellite images and science data) * National Hurricane Center (NHC), National Weather Service * U.S. Geological Survey * NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) * Commerce Department * Department of Transportation * Education Department * Centers for Disease Control * Energy Department * Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) * Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) * Food and Drug Administration (FDA) * Health and Human Services (HHS) * Federal Trade Commission (FTC) * Treasury Department * OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) * HUD (Housing and Urban Development) * Justice Department. This disc provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over 74,000 pages from every major American government agency reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format. This incredible DVD-ROM is packed with over 74,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.

ISBN-13: 9781422004685
ISBN-10: 1422004686
Publication Date: 1/15/2006
Pages: 65,535
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