Hurricane Katrina Challenges

The responders to hurricane Katrina were confronted by the core challenges that are experienced in many crisis situations. The government was well prepared for a routine emergency and had put in place measures on how to deal with the hurricane once it hit the area. However, the situation changed from an emergency situation to a crisis with some of the occurrences having not been anticipated. The scale of the disaster was also more than the local government could handle and they were forced to get all the help they could get from the entire nation. The responders were unable to develop and maintain awareness of the situation as the conventional centre became overcrowded and the available resources could not cater for the people that were in