Past Disaster Responses TPJ has highlighted prior KP responses to disasters: natural—the December 2003 tsunami (Fall 2005;9(4):69-82), and man-made—the 2002 anthrax poisoning (Winter 2002; 6(1):56-61). Each situation is similar in public health challenges, yet each has its own unique challenges. The response to Hurricane Katrina was no different. Though similar to our responses in Sri Lanka and...

Since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, there have been accusations of blatant racism in the government’s response, on the one hand, and adamant denials that race played any role at all, on the other. We propose that both perspectives reflect oversimplifications of the processes involved, and the resulting debate may obscure a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the situation. Specifically, ...

This article uses the post-Katrina migration as an exogenous shock to test theories of racial threat while minimizing concerns about selection bias. Drawing in part on a new survey of 3,879 respondents, it demonstrates that despite the national concern about issues of race and poverty following Katrina, people in communities that took in evacuees became less supportive of spending to help the p...

The purpose of this study was to examine the resilience of older adult survivors of Hurricane Katrina in light of their traumatic experiences and multiple losses. Ten Mississippi Gulf Coast residents who have survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath were interviewed. The participants were 65 years old or older. Their responses were audiotaped and transcribed. The transcripts were analyzed u...

La temporalité du désastre, ouvrant à un temps qualitativement différent, supposé homogène, délivre pourtant des opportunités requérant réponses en rebond de la part ceux qui y sont pris. L’impact Katrina, dans univers urbain gorgé d’eau aura eu pour effet aussi bien faire émerger lignes résistance que d’ouvrir vannes nouveaux flux. En l’absence toute organisation secours par les pouvoirs publi...

Abstract Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides [L.] B.S.P.) is considered critically imperiled across much of its range. This species occurs in freshwater swamps, rarely further inland than 160 km from the or Gulf Coasts and susceptible to several natural anthropogenic disturbances (i.e., tropical cyclones, fire, saltwater inundation, overharvesting). As frequency intensity storms increa...