Natural Disaster Post

  I recently read this article on the web about Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.  The government gave 16.7 billion dollars to housing for some 800,00 citizens forced to live outside of their homes.  This is kind of like the monsoons in the India with the book we are currently reading.  The monsoons have the ability to destroy homes just as hurricanes do.  Hurricane Katrina also forced people to leave their homes and completely change their way of life.  In India, an entire year's crop could be destroyed solely by nature and force people to possibly go without food for days on end.  Both hurricanes in America and monsoons in India can have grave effects on the populations.  The problems with both of these disasters is that it is hard for people to prepare for them.  That is one of the main reasons that makes them both dangerous.  In America, people are at least warned about a hurricane before it strikes.  Many casualties come from warned citizens who refuse to flee their homes.  It is always hard to leave your life when you may not even be hurt.  "The First Year After Hurricane Katrina: What The Federal Government Did."  Homeland Security.  16 Oct. 2008.  FEMA.  30 Jan. 2009.  <http://www.dhs.gov/xfoia/archives/gc_1157649340100.shtm>