Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
Senator Vitter’s hold on the nominee for FEMA Administrator short-changes the challenges facing millions of Gulf Coast residents still recovering from hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, Ike, and other recent storms, and those preparing for hurricane season about to begin in less than a month. Instead of representing the millions in harms way, Senator Vitter has chosen [...]
In March 2009, the Disaster Accountability Project requested and/or reviewed the emergency plans of 22 parishes across South Louisiana to gauge the region’s disaster preparedness and planning readiness in advance of the 2009 Hurricane Season. After a number of destructive hurricane seasons, updated State and Federal disaster plans, frameworks, and annexes, and hopefully many lessons [...]