Hurricane Katrina

Author

Gary Cecchine ; Lynn E. Davis ; Cecchine, Gary ; Jill Rough ; Davis, Lynn E. ; Agnes Gereben Schaefer ; Schaefer, Agnes Gereben ; Rough, Jill ; Laurinda L. Zeman ; Rohn, Laurinda L.

Year

2007

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Type

BOOK

Description

The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but a number of changes would enhance future Army and National Guard disaster-response efforts, including preparing governors to call up Guard units for out-of-state emergencies and the creation of regional standing homeland security task forces.