Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1 Federal government cannot and should not be the Nation's first responder. State and local governmentsare best positioned to address incidents in their jurisdictions and will always play a large role in disasterresponse.
2 State and local governments are best positioned to address incidents in their jurisdictions and will alwaysplay a large role in disaster response but When local and State governments are overwhelmed orincapacitated by an event that has reached catastrophic proportions, only the Federal government hasthe resources and capabilities to respond
3 Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the historyof the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States landfallingtropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Overall, atleast 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest United Stateshurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Total property damage was estimated at $108 billion,roughly four times the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 inThe eleventh named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina originatedover the Bahamas on August 23 from the interaction between a tropical wave and the remnants ofTropical Depression Ten. Early the following day, the new depression intensified into Tropical StormKatrina. The cyclone headed generally westward toward Florida and strengthened into a hurricane onlytwo hours before making landfall at Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25. After very brieflyweakening to a tropical storm, Katrina emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began to rapidlydeepen. The storm strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico,but weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29 in southeastLouisiana.Katrina caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due tothe storm surge and levee failure. Severe property damage occurred in coastal areas, such as Mississippibeachfront towns; over 90 percent of these were flooded. Boats and casino barges rammed buildings,pushing cars and houses inland; water reached from the beach. Over fifty breaches in New Orleans'shurricane surge protection were the cause of most of the death and destruction during Katrina on August29, 2005. Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and thefloodwaters lingered for weeks. According to a modeling exercise conducted by the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers, two-thirds of the deaths in Greater New Orleans were due to levee and floodwall failure. All ofthe major studies concluded that the USACE, the designers and builders of the levee system asmandated by the Flood Control Act of 1965, is responsible. This is mainly due to a decision to use shortersteel sheet pilings to save money. In January 2008, Judge Stanwood Duval, U.S. District