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Lessons of Hurricane Andrew.

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Date Issued:
1993
Abstract/Description:
The 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald; Learning from loss: Andrew's lessons; Failure of design and discipline by Jeff Leen, Stephen K. Doig, Lisa Getter, Luis Feldstein Soto and Don Linefrock; Andrew, Iniki, Omar: FEMA Evaluation of Federal Response and Recovery Efforts; Coping with Catastrophe: Building an Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural and Manmade Disasters, a Report by the National Academy of Public Administration panel members Philip A. Odeen, Yvonne B. Burke, Frank C. Carlucci, Charles L. Dempsey, Thomas M. Downs, Andrew J. Goodpaster, Stan M. McKinney, Elmer B. Staats, and Lee M. Thomas; Governor's Disaster Planning and Response Review Committee, chairman Philip D. Lewis.
Title: Lessons of Hurricane Andrew.
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Name(s): Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: E-book
Date Issued: 1993
Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Physical Form: online resource
Extent: 92 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald; Learning from loss: Andrew's lessons; Failure of design and discipline by Jeff Leen, Stephen K. Doig, Lisa Getter, Luis Feldstein Soto and Don Linefrock; Andrew, Iniki, Omar: FEMA Evaluation of Federal Response and Recovery Efforts; Coping with Catastrophe: Building an Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural and Manmade Disasters, a Report by the National Academy of Public Administration panel members Philip A. Odeen, Yvonne B. Burke, Frank C. Carlucci, Charles L. Dempsey, Thomas M. Downs, Andrew J. Goodpaster, Stan M. McKinney, Elmer B. Staats, and Lee M. Thomas; Governor's Disaster Planning and Response Review Committee, chairman Philip D. Lewis.
Identifier: FA00000421 (IID)
Subject(s): Hurricane Andrew, 1992
Emergency management--Florida
Natural disasters -- Florida -- History
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000421
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Host Institution: FAU

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