Hurricane Katrina: two disasters From the film Frontline, The Old Man and The Storm, the life of Herbert Gettridge was followed after his return to the 9th district of New Orleans to rebuild his home after it was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. After Hurricane Katrina, 500,000 families were displaced, 200,000 homes were destroyed, and 600 congregations were demolished (The Old Man and The Storm ). It was a natural disaster of monumental proportions. Ironically, a simulated scenario was created by Louisiana State University's Center for the Study of Public Health: Hurricane and FEMA Impacts, called Hurricane Pam in July 2004. An artificial disaster was created in during a ten-day exercise held at the state emergency operations center. Center in Baton Rouge. More than 50 federal, state and local agencies participated in the exercise in which 120 mph winds and 20 inches of rain overwhelmed New Orleans' levees and a million people were evacuated. The Big Easy was underwater. Between 500,000 and 600,000 buildings were destroyed and 50,000 citizens hypothetically died. LSU's Hurricane Center told anyone who would listen that the federal government was not taking this exercise seriously. This exercise resulted in a recommendation that a tent city should be prepared for the homeless. The Corps of Engineers responded, “Americans don’t live in tents. » In an interview with MSNBC, Ivor Van Heerden, deputy director of LSU's Hurricane Center, said he personally delivered a CD version of the Hurricane Pam disaster study to Michael Chertoff of Homeland Security, to Mike Brown of FEMA and a White House official, and that each participant had received this package. “Presumably,” said Van Heerden, “they are still at the bottom of Chertoff's work or...... in the middle of the article......2010.http://publius.oxfordjournals. org/cgi.content/abstract /38/4/609McClellan, Scott. “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception” C2008. Print.Menzel, Donald C. “The Aftermath of Katrina: A Failure of Federalism or Leadership?” Public Administration Review Vol 66, Number 6, Pages 808 to 812. November 15, 2006. Web. May 12, 2010. http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/11856/452/abstract/Schneider, Saundra. “Who is to blame? (Mis)perceptions of intergovernmental response to disasters.”Publius: The Journal of Federalism. . Internet. May 12, 2010. http://publius.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/3814/715The Old Man and the Storm. January 6, 2009. Web. .org/video/video/1082086361/program/979358040/topic/979380017