It’s oil on a beach - not nuclear waste

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In theory you could cover any risk by selling cat bonds. However, the marketability of the bonds depends on the ability to model probability of loss. This is best suited to natural cat risks. It is difficult to model human behavior so terrorism has not been covered by the sale of cat bonds. Avalon Re did sell a cat bond covering explosion risk but it is not clear that this can be repeated.

ps im not siding with him, i dont like him at all

Most people in New Orleans understand the fault lies with the Governor of Louisiana and - to a lesser extent - with the Mayor of New Orleans.

Realize several things:

1. FEMA is not a first-responder agency. FEMA basically writes checks and provides umbrella coordination, but that’s all. First responders are from state & local level unless the disaster is "federalized", which allows the use of active-duty military personnel.

2. At the time, authority for disaster response was wholly a responsibility of state government. The federal government could not intervene without authorization from the state governor. That is why then-Governor "Blank Stare" Blanco could tell the President No when he asked at least twice and possibly three times to "federalize" the response to Katrina. Blanco (a Democrat) did that because she didn’t want Bush (a Republican) to get any credit for helping LA. Hundreds of people died as a result. The law was changed in 2006 to prevent the same thing from happening in the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

3. At the time, there was NO PLAN for the evacuation of a major American city. There was NO WHERE for people to go. Nagin did fail to follow the city’s own emergency plan and that contributed to the problems. He also had appointed city management (police chief, etc.) based on political reliability rather than competence and that created even more problems. However, some of the things Nagin is blamed for were not within his power.

Many of the lessons from Katrina were implemented for Hurricane Gustav in 2008 (while Bush was still president).

Has it ever occurred to you that the people who work for FEMA are Americans just like the rest of us?

The starting salaries depend on what team you join (civilian or military) and the company or organization if in the private sector. As for requirements, you’d have to be versed in sciences such as chemistry, to begin with, and have a reckless sense of existence, like cops, firefighters and cliff-jumpers.

Katrina redistributed over one million people from the central Gulf coast elsewhere across the United States, which became the largest diaspora in the history of the United States. Houston, Texas, had an increase of 35,000 people; Mobile, Alabama, gained over 24,000; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, over 15,000; and Hammond, Louisiana received over 10,000, nearly doubling its size. Chicago received over 6,000 people, the most of any non-southern city. By late January, 2006, about 200,000 people were once again living in New Orleans, less than half of the pre-storm population. By July 1, 2006, when new population estimates were calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau, the state of Louisiana showed a population decline of 219,563, or 4.87%. Additionally, some insurance companies have stopped insuring homeowners in the area because of the high costs from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, or have raised homeowners’ insurance premiums to cover their risk.

• What are your major weaknesses?
• What type of work experience do you bring to this job?
• What do you see yourself doing in 5-10 years?
• Why do you want to work for us?
• What assets do you bring to this company?
• Discuss a project or undertaking in which you have been successful, why do you believe you succeeded.
• Discuss something at which you did not succeed, what you learned from the experience.
• If you have supervised others, how do you think your staff would describe your management style?
• How do you feel about working in stressful situations?
• Would you describe yourself as a thinker or an action taker?
• Describe a goal you have set for yourself in the past and the steps you took to accomplish it.
• Pick someone in the business or professional world that you admire- why do you respect this individual?
• What do you do for fun? What are your personal interests?
• Describe the type of manager you would like to work for.

The blog articles offer great information about how to prepare before the interview, what to do and not to do during the actual interview, and action you need to take after the interview.

Good luck!

Basically i’d like to hear your views on the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Any views, facts, personal stories or anything concerning the way the American Government handled the disaster would be appreciated.

I’ve not asked this question to start arguments, i’d just like to hear other people’s views on the situation.

Thanks if you answer
I saw the people on the roof tops and knew that there would be trouble. I never expected it to be as bad as it was. I remember Brian Williams reporting at the end of day 2, in weighters up to his thighs, looking around and saying, "And I still don’t see the National Guard."
Those people on the roof tops were almost all black. W and Cheney, et al, saw that and thought, "Well, no votes for us there," and dragged their feet.
Racial prejudice from the right reared its big, ugly head. Anyone could see it coming, but it disgusted me nevertheless. New Orleans, once the most uniquely American city, is still today America’s shame.