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Issues You will Face When a Disaster Hits

Issues You will Face When a Disaster Hits. Recovery. Disaster Recovery. Plans, systems and institutions in place to accelerate disaster recovery, actively engage communities in the recovery process and minimize environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts

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Issues You will Face When a Disaster Hits

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  1. Issues You will Face When a Disaster Hits Recovery Page 1

  2. Disaster Recovery • Plans, systems and institutions in place to accelerate disaster recovery, actively engage communities in the recovery process and minimize environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts • Community-driven recovery concepts planned in advance • Public/Private coordination systems in place • Immediate and long term recovery issues addressed • Monitoring and evaluation of recovery progress • # 1 issue in Katrina – Lack at all levels of government to communicate with the public Page 2

  3. What’s our pre-catastrophe reality? • Is government prepared to effectively respond? • Post-Katrina national survey: Public lacks confidence in government to prepare for, respond to disaster • All disasters are local • Coastal social science surveys how level of preparedness is low Page 3

  4. Immediate response: Save lives, protect property. Recovery: The community will have a new, different “normal” after the disaster. Figure out how to better mitigate, prepare for, respond and respond for the next disaster Recognize politics will play a role – as early as initial response What happens after a disaster? Page 4

  5. Individual Impacts • Thousands displaced from homes • Emergency Shelter • Short-term housing • Long-term housing • Post-Disaster Stress • Missing or lost family, friends, pets • Real property losses • Loss of personal possessions • Social disruptions NOTE: Largest impact on tourist! Temporary Housing for Katrina victims at D'Iberville Middle School, MS Page 5

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