Dallas's disaster recovery efforts for hurricanes Katrina and Rita
By: MCCALL, Molly
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ArticlePublisher: Washington : Internacional City/County Management Association ICMA, October 2006PM Public Management 88, 9, p. 16-21Abstract: Along with the rest of the United Stats, the citizens of Dallas watched, deeply troubled, as Hurricane Katrina plowed into southern Louisiana on Monday, August 29, 2005. More than 1 million people had vacated communities in the hurricane's path. Located more than 520 miles from New Orleans, Dallas is hardly a next-door neighbor. On open highways, this at least an eight-hour drive. Evacuees, however, were coming to Dallas, primarily to stay with relatives but also to seek shelter in churches and in the community at large. In response to the mass evacuations, on Sunday, August 28, the American Red Cross contacted the Dallas Emergency Operations Center (EOC), requesting identification of standby emergency shelters for hurricane evacuees. In accordance with emergency operations plans, the city named one recreation center as the primary shelter and two other such centers as backup shelters. Combined, these three recreation centers could house as many as 650 evacuees. Later conversations with the Red Cross and state federal authorities, however, made it clear that the city needed prepare shelters for thousands of people seeking refuge from Katrina. Less than a month later, on September 24, Hurricane Rita the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. As staff to respond to the flooding in Dallas that had resulted from the same storm system, evacuees from Gulf Coast cities poured into Dallas seeking shelter
Along with the rest of the United Stats, the citizens of Dallas watched, deeply troubled, as Hurricane Katrina plowed into southern Louisiana on Monday, August 29, 2005. More than 1 million people had vacated communities in the hurricane's path. Located more than 520 miles from New Orleans, Dallas is hardly a next-door neighbor. On open highways, this at least an eight-hour drive. Evacuees, however, were coming to Dallas, primarily to stay with relatives but also to seek shelter in churches and in the community at large. In response to the mass evacuations, on Sunday, August 28, the American Red Cross contacted the Dallas Emergency Operations Center (EOC), requesting identification of standby emergency shelters for hurricane evacuees. In accordance with emergency operations plans, the city named one recreation center as the primary shelter and two other such centers as backup shelters. Combined, these three recreation centers could house as many as 650 evacuees. Later conversations with the Red Cross and state federal authorities, however, made it clear that the city needed prepare shelters for thousands of people seeking refuge from Katrina. Less than a month later, on September 24, Hurricane Rita the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. As staff to respond to the flooding in Dallas that had resulted from the same storm system, evacuees from Gulf Coast cities poured into Dallas seeking shelter
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