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The incompetent federal response to Hurricane Katrina was due to all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. Most of the officials at FEMA were well qualified in disaster situations
  b. Resources had been shifted from natural disasters to national security
  c. FEMA was placed under the control of the Department of Homeland Security
  d. Five of the top eight officials in FEMA had essentially no disaster management experience

Question 2

Molotch (2006) found that race affected the different governmental response in Hurricane Katrina in that
 
  a. No one cared about black Americans
  b. Supplies and other assistance was unable to find transportation to those in need
  c. Very few people around the country wanted to help
  d. People in government agencies normally set aside bureaucratic rules in a time of disaster but that did not happen in this case


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Reply #1 on: Aug 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: a

Answer to Question 2

ANS: d


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Reply #2 on: Aug 8, 2018
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