So learning from Hurricane Katrina\u2019s mistakes, clearly there was much more preparation for Hurricane Harvey. Most of the paperwork was completed before the Hurricane started so all troops were available for the Hurricane rescues. While they were all available, they were additionally more trained<\/a> for these rescue situations. During Katrina\u2019s missions, only 40 percent of troops felt confident in their rescue plans. That number soared to 80 percent with Harvey\u2019s missions. Local and federal authorities also learned these training methods so that everyone would be on the same page and no miscommunication could be made.<\/p>\n Katrina\u2019s rescue teams additionally didn\u2019t want the public helping out with the crisis because they were saying it was a \u201cpotential liability.\u201d Seeing how much slower the rescue missions went without more help, the troops realized that the public help is exactly what they needed. The problem that did occur during Harvey, however, was that that the public wasn\u2019t knowledgeable about how the rescue missions were supposed to be handled, so miscommunication did start to occur during this crisis.<\/p>\n Another major issue with Katrina\u2019s rescues was that flooding was so extreme that trucks filled with emergency supplies weren\u2019t able to get to neighborhoods in need, forcing them to wait out until the water level went down. With Harvey, they were capable of placing the emergency supplies before the storm hit so that people were able to have access to them immediately. This helped keep the people feeling safe knowing they had access to food and medical equipment.<\/p>\n There still are many lessons to be learned from these natural disasters, but each one seems to be teaching us new ways to enhance the evacuation techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating natural disasters the United States had ever seen. One of the things that made it so devastating were the rescue response times not fulfilling the situations needs. Flooding had never happened so abruptly before so the rescuers weren\u2019t knowledgeable on how to react. \u201cDuring Hurricane Katrina, as … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/eprojects.isucomm.iastate.edu\/aafaber\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10901\/2017\/09\/LD_katrina_1_people_stranded_jt_150727_13x10_1600-300x231.jpg\")
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