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- See also changes related to Hurricane Katrina, or pages that link to Hurricane Katrina or to this page or whose text contains "Hurricane Katrina".
Parent topics
- Hurricane (weather) [r]: A large, destructive storm in the Western Hemisphere, comparable to cyclones in South Asia and typhoons in the Pacific; may have local tornadoes and higher winds, but the main concern is extensive flooding and winds up to 280 kmph/175 mph [e]
- Emergency management [r]: Preparation and response to natural disasters, accidents, and deliberate violence at both the routine local level and when local resources are overwhelmed [e]
- Gulf of Mexico [r]: An ocean basin off the Atlantic Ocean that is mostly surrounded by the southeast corner of North America. [e]
Subtopics
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security [r]: An executive (cabinet-level) department of the United States government whose primary mission is to protect the security of the nation. [e]
- Michael Chertoff [r]: President, Chertoff Group (security consulting); of counsel, Wilmer Pickering LLC; Advisory board, America Abroad Media; board member, BaE Systems; Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2005-2009); Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2003-2005}; Associate Attorney General, Criminal DivisionU.S. Department of Justice (2001–2003); Republican counsel to Senate Whitewater Committee [e]
- Federal Emergency Management Agency [r]: Under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the lead operating agency for emergency response to disasters, accidents and attacks affecting the civilian population [e]
- Michael Brown [r]: A black youth killed in 2014 in a controversial police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri [e]
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- Louisiana (U.S. state) [r]: medium-sized state in southeast U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico; became a state in 1812 and rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- Kathleen Blanco [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New Orleans, Louisiana [r]: A large riverport on the Mississippi River, in Louisiana [e]
- Kathleen Blanco [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mississippi (U.S. state) [r]: A state in southeast U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico; became a state in 1817 and rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- Georgia (U.S. state) [r]: medium-sized, populous state in southeast U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the country's original 13 colonies that rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- Alabama (U.S. state) [r]: medium-sized state in southeast U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico; became a state in 1819 and rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- Texas (U.S. state) [r]: 28th state (1845) of the USA. [e]
- Vibrio vulnificus [r]: Gram-negative, motile, curved, rod-shaped bacteria present in marine environments, capable of causing septicemia in individuals with an underlying chronic disease, as well as causing wound infections to persons who handle shellfish. [e]