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Hurricane Katrina | Stranded | 2

2023/8/22
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Bob Monday: 卡特里娜飓风过后,新奥尔良的防洪堤决堤,导致城市大部分地区被淹没,FEMA 的救援行动进展缓慢,物资供应不足,医疗团队未能及时到达超级穹顶。他多次向FEMA官员汇报灾情,但回应迟缓。 Gregory Richardson: 飓风过后,他被困在阁楼里,洪水淹没了他的家,他被迫爬上屋顶,在屋顶上等待救援,缺乏食物和水。最终他和邻居决定放弃等待救援,用简易木筏逃生。 Dr. Kirsta Kurtzberg: 由于停电,慈善医院的医疗设备无法正常运行,医护人员面临巨大的挑战,无法进行实验室检查和扫描,呼吸机也无法使用。医院的疏散工作迟迟没有进行,医院面临医疗资源短缺和人员伤亡的风险。 Trina Peters & Kia Peters: 母女俩在洪水中被困,缺乏食物和药物,在波兰大道上,她们看到许多被困的民众,并得到一位亲戚的帮助,最终到达超级穹顶,环境恶劣,人满为患,Trina 癫痫发作,最终被直升机送往外地医院。 Jabbar Gibson: 他与家人一起住在费舍尔项目(一个低收入住房项目),面临洪水威胁,政府救援缓慢。他计划偷一辆卡车来营救费舍尔项目的人们,但后来发现了一辆校车,最终营救行动失败。 Mike Brown: FEMA官员,对新奥尔良灾情的严重性反应迟钝,救援物资和人员到位缓慢,对超级穹顶的状况也未给予足够重视。 Sally Foreman: 新奥尔良市政厅面临巨大的压力,疏散工作进展缓慢,FEMA承诺的物资迟迟未到,市政厅也面临协调各种资源的巨大挑战。

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FEMA's initial response to Hurricane Katrina was inadequate, with delayed medical teams, insufficient supplies, and a dismissive attitude towards the severity of the levee breaches.

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Officials learn that the storm surge from Katrina has breached New Orleans’s levees, allowing water to pour into the city. Soon, 80 percent of New Orleans is underwater. Many residents become trapped in their homes, and are forced to climb into their attics and onto rooftops, as their neighborhoods flood. With the power out and phone service down, the local and federal government struggle to mount relief efforts, leaving thousands of people to fend for themselves without food, drinking water, or adequate medical care.

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