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'''Hurricane Katrina''' was a hurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in late August [[2005]]. The most damage was suffered in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
 
'''Hurricane Katrina''' was a hurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in late August [[2005]]. The most damage was suffered in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
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==Shootings==
 
==Shootings==
 
There were conflicting reports about how many people were shot for looting. The [[police]] force was getting order to do so.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/nopd-order-to-shoot-looters-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023004/http://www.propublica.org/nola</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20191117111926/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d561ff1d-7eb1-520e-b8fd-a87b5aca0b8a.html</ref><ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20151025043321/http://www.rawstory.com/2010/08/hurricane-katrina-nola-officers-told-shoot-looters/</ref> [[Blackwater]] mercenaries were sent in the disaster zone,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100114070530/http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20150619013646/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackwater-down/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130419140044/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina</ref> and a detachment of 300 [[National Guard]] troops with the authorisation to shoot and kill "hoodlums".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050910060716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451906.htm</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110529044549/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/la_governor_warns_troops_will_/</ref> By some accounts deadly force targeted primarily people of color searching for food.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20180412171005/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/09/Katrina.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032255/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/10/Danziger.html</ref><ref>https://www.amazon.com/Shots-Bridge-Violence-Cover-Up-Katrina/dp/0807033502</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081221105649/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/editors2</ref> Official investigations later said that almost no one was killed by any shooting.  
 
There were conflicting reports about how many people were shot for looting. The [[police]] force was getting order to do so.<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/nopd-order-to-shoot-looters-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023004/http://www.propublica.org/nola</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20191117111926/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d561ff1d-7eb1-520e-b8fd-a87b5aca0b8a.html</ref><ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20151025043321/http://www.rawstory.com/2010/08/hurricane-katrina-nola-officers-told-shoot-looters/</ref> [[Blackwater]] mercenaries were sent in the disaster zone,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20100114070530/http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20150619013646/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackwater-down/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20130419140044/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina</ref> and a detachment of 300 [[National Guard]] troops with the authorisation to shoot and kill "hoodlums".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050910060716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451906.htm</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110529044549/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/la_governor_warns_troops_will_/</ref> By some accounts deadly force targeted primarily people of color searching for food.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20180412171005/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/09/Katrina.html</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032255/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/10/Danziger.html</ref><ref>https://www.amazon.com/Shots-Bridge-Violence-Cover-Up-Katrina/dp/0807033502</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081221105649/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/editors2</ref> Official investigations later said that almost no one was killed by any shooting.  
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==Medical killings==
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At the [[Memorial Medical Center]] in [[New Orleans]], which was without power and running water, a "well-regarded doctor and two respected nurses" hastened the deaths of patients by injecting them with lethal doses of drugs. Patients, several who were almost certainly not near death, were injected with [[morphine]] or the sedative (death drug) [[midazolam]], or both, after the rescue effort was at last emptying the hospital. [[Mortuary workers]] eventually carried 45 corpses from Memorial, more than from any comparable-size hospital in the city.<ref name=nyt>https://archive.li/exCsG#selection-673.647-673.715</ref>
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The physician, [[Anna Pou]], defended herself saying her role was to "help" patients "through their pain." After being acquitted by a jury, Pou advised state and national medical organizations on [[disaster preparedness]] and [[legal reform]]; she has lectured on medicine and [[bioethics|ethics]] at national conferences and addressed military medical trainees, arguing for changing the standards of medical care in emergencies. She has said that [[informed consent]] is impossible during disasters and that doctors need to be able to evacuate the sickest or most severely injured patients last — along with those who have [[Do Not Resuscitate]] orders. Pou has helped write and pass three laws in [[Louisiana]] that offer [[immunity]] to [[health care professionals]] from most civil [[lawsuits]] for their work in future disasters, from hurricanes to "[[terrorist attacks]]" to "[[pandemic|pandemics]]".<ref name=nyt/>
  
 
==Outcome==
 
==Outcome==

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Event.png Hurricane Katrina (“Climate change/Hurricane”,  natural disaster) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Hurricane Katrina.jpg
DateAugust 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005
LocationNew Orleans,  Bahamas,  Florida,  Louisiana,  Alabama
InterestsMidazolam
DescriptionHurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005. The most damage was suffered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hurricane Katrina was a hurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005. The most damage was suffered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

FEMA Director Michael Brown was "disgraced" by his lack of action and resigned as a result.[1][2] Reports emerged that food and water was deliberately withheld from survivors in the SuperDome and elsewhere,[3] lethal force was advocated to responding forces in the disaster zone.[4]

Shootings

There were conflicting reports about how many people were shot for looting. The police force was getting order to do so.[5][6][7][8][9] Blackwater mercenaries were sent in the disaster zone,[10][11][12] and a detachment of 300 National Guard troops with the authorisation to shoot and kill "hoodlums".[13][14] By some accounts deadly force targeted primarily people of color searching for food.[15][16][17][18] Official investigations later said that almost no one was killed by any shooting.

Medical killings

At the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, which was without power and running water, a "well-regarded doctor and two respected nurses" hastened the deaths of patients by injecting them with lethal doses of drugs. Patients, several who were almost certainly not near death, were injected with morphine or the sedative (death drug) midazolam, or both, after the rescue effort was at last emptying the hospital. Mortuary workers eventually carried 45 corpses from Memorial, more than from any comparable-size hospital in the city.[19]

The physician, Anna Pou, defended herself saying her role was to "help" patients "through their pain." After being acquitted by a jury, Pou advised state and national medical organizations on disaster preparedness and legal reform; she has lectured on medicine and ethics at national conferences and addressed military medical trainees, arguing for changing the standards of medical care in emergencies. She has said that informed consent is impossible during disasters and that doctors need to be able to evacuate the sickest or most severely injured patients last — along with those who have Do Not Resuscitate orders. Pou has helped write and pass three laws in Louisiana that offer immunity to health care professionals from most civil lawsuits for their work in future disasters, from hurricanes to "terrorist attacks" to "pandemics".[19]

Outcome

Increased gentrification of some parts of New Orleans.[20][21]

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References

  1. ↑ http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/08/24/corruption-and-contempt-the-hidden-story-of-hurricane-katrina/
  2. ↑ http://www.wanttoknow.info/femafailureskatrina
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20051123100938/http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/134867.php
  4. ↑ https://www.mediamatters.org/peggy-noonan/noonan-new-orleans-i-hope-looters-are-shot
  5. ↑ https://www.propublica.org/article/nopd-order-to-shoot-looters-hurricane-katrina
  6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023004/http://www.propublica.org/nola
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20191117111926/https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d561ff1d-7eb1-520e-b8fd-a87b5aca0b8a.html
  8. ↑ https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity
  9. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20151025043321/http://www.rawstory.com/2010/08/hurricane-katrina-nola-officers-told-shoot-looters/
  10. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100114070530/http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150619013646/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackwater-down/
  12. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130419140044/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina
  13. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20050910060716/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451906.htm
  14. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110529044549/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/la_governor_warns_troops_will_/
  15. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20180412171005/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/09/Katrina.html
  16. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032255/http://racism-notes.blogspot.com/2015/10/Danziger.html
  17. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Shots-Bridge-Violence-Cover-Up-Katrina/dp/0807033502
  18. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081221105649/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/editors2
  19. ↑ a b https://archive.li/exCsG#selection-673.647-673.715
  20. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/09/hurricanekatrina.usa4
  21. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/06/naomi-klein-how-power-profits-from-disaster
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