In late summer 2005, Hurricane Katrina - the worst natural disaster in U.S. history - wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast, causing huge loss of life and property damage. (Merely a few weeks later, Hurricane Rita would inflict even more suffering across much of the same region.) The evacuation of special needs individuals (e.g., the institutionalized, those with medical conditions, people without access to autos, etc.) from New Orleans was especially challenging, not only in getting people out of the city but also in tracking who had gone where, letting their families know what had occurred to them, caring for them properly in receiving places, and repatriating them to their homes and loved ones.
Moving People out of Danger (B) Special Needs Evacuations from Gulf Coast Hurricanes Case Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: May 19, 2011 PRODUCT #: HKS700-PDF-ENG
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