Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the …show more content…
Some people said ‘the main priority is to restore and maintain law and order and assist in recovery and evacuation efforts’. On the other hand some felt that ‘those directly involved in the rescue efforts stress the need to save lives, saying this was priority number one.’
I believe that the most important thing to do in a situation as severe as this is to save lives. In some ways both quotes are saying to do just this. However, I believe that people should do as the first quote states, as by following this, many lives would be saved. By following the first statement, all sense of confusion and panic would be lost, which often leads to death and evacuation efforts would significantly benefit people of whom have lost their homes and assist them. By doing all these points many lives could potentially be saved.
Similarly, the second quote believes that lives should be saved. Despite this, there would be no after care for people once they had been saved and the streets would be full of people extremely distressed. In addition, there would be no law and order about the streets in which can often lead to havoc, which is incredibly vital to avoid in severe situations like