September 03, 2005
*I Need Homework Help* on Recovery from Katrina
I have a case study due on Sunday for my Critical Thinking/Decision Making class. Originally, our instructor gave us a scenario. However, after Katrina, he said we could use that instead.
I'm a good writer (although you can't tell it from my blog), so I'm not worried about the paper itself, I'm worried about getting enough content. I want some solid points on this topic to blow him away. It is 10% of my grade.
So here's the info:
Anyone who wants to write a paper on "Katrina disaster recovery - what and how to do it" and put emphasis on problem solving and decision making, is welcome to do this, in lieu of the Case study paper.
So here's your chance to voice your opinions, your ideas and thoughts! And I will site everyone of you! Let's see how many sources I can get on my paper!
Part of the Critical Thinking process is to, "be skeptical","ask questions", "understand others", "look at alternatives", "consider the risks" and "eliminate biases," which is what I'm doing by asking the blogosphere and not going to all the freaking biased media links that are out there!
The hard part? The paper is due by midnight Sunday, and this is Saturday, and hardly anyone blogs on the weekends, especially Labor Day Weekend! Uh! But, even a few thoughts on how to recover from Katrina is helpful!
I'd do the case study instead. That's too big a topic. You'd have to bring it down one step. Prevention would have been better... and you can't do that in one paper. To prevent what they did, would have taken an enormous logistics study that obviously nobody did. So disaster recovery... that's too big. You have too many different types of people... too many variables.
Posted by: Bou at September 3, 2005 03:52 PMUnfortunately, I don't think there will be recovery for many of those affected by Katrina. The scars left by this kind of devistation are too deep to truly heal. Perhaps the city will recover, as a whole, but every home will have a story that shows their scars.
Emergency management planning should be the first priority, before any attempt at a rebuild. Otherwise, the same scenario could happen again - then, who would be to blame?
Might wanna listen to Bou.
Posted by: Tuck at September 3, 2005 05:02 PM
