May 30, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Report

(1) HURRICANE MODELING:

Schwartz, John. "Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?" New York Times, May 29, 2007. At:

(2) HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS:

Alpert, Bruce. "Vitter Blasts FEMA's Storm-Relief Readiness - Emergency Supplies Not in Place, He Says." New Orleans Times Picayune, May 30, 2007. Accessed at:

[Excerpt: "'As you know, the state of Louisiana is even more vulnerable now than before Katrina and Rita struck our shores' in 2005, Vitter said in his letter to Chertoff. 'The levees and pumping stations throughout Louisiana are not fully repaired, residents and evacuees are still living in 49,000 travel trailers throughout coastal Louisiana, and many local municipal offices in charge of emergency response are still in trailers'."]

(3) NATIONAL GUARD:

Korb, Lawrence C. and Sean E. Duggan. Caught Off Guard: The Link Between Our National Security and Our National Guard. Washington, DC:Center for American Progress, 13 pages, May 2007. Accessed at:

[Abstract: "This report examines the relationship of an expanded duty of the National Guard and its impact on the Guards' mission of homeland defense. It asks the questions "As the Guard increasingly assumes the role of the active Army's operational reserve, what consequences will there be for domestic contingencies and homeland security?". According to the report's overview it then looks at the overuse of the forces on national security and homeland defense and lastly offers recommendations to ensure that both duties can be met. The report highlights complications in Hurricane Katrina and other disasters due to lack of guard equipment and personnel and lists several Guard Brigades and Regiments that have been repeatedly deployed."]

[Note: Thanks go to the Homeland Security Digital Library "Critical Releases in Homeland Security" for bringing our attention to this report.]

(4) TERRORISM:

Hall, Mimi. "Sci-Fi Writers Join War on Terror - Group's Futuristic Visions Help Homeland Security Imagine the 'Unthinkable'." USA Today, May 30, 2007. Accessed at:

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

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