**May 16, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND FLOOD CONTROL:

Grunwald, Michael. \"Par for the Corps - A Flood of Bad Projects.\"

Washington Post, May 14, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/13/AR2006051300037.htmlx>

\[Note: Recommend reading this article, it\'s embedding linked-to
material, and the following article from a disaster mitigation point of
view.\]

Barry, John M. \"\...And How to Stop It \[Corps of Engineers Pork Barrel
Projects\].\" Washington Post, May 14, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/13/AR2006051300038.html>

\(2\) DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN:

Schleifstein, Mark. \"Replay Feared If Big Storm Hits - Corps Says
Levees Would Be Overtopped.\" New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 16, 2006.

Accessed at:
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1147760892287110.xml&coll=1>

\(3\) FEMA:

New Orleans Times-Picayune (Editorial). \"How Ready Is FEMA?\" May 16,
2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1147759091287110.xml&coll=1>

\[Note: Recommends that FEMA become an independent agency again.\]

Politics LA.com. \"Jindal Plan Will Improve Response and Communications
During Disasters.\" May 15, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.newshorn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1087&Itemid=120>

\[Congressman Bobby Jindal\'s (LA) legislation would make FEMA an
independent agency again.\]

\(4\) KATRINA:

Kakutani, Michiko. \"Portraits of the Catastrophe Known as Katrina.\"

New York Times, May 16, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/books/16kaku.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>

\[Note: A review of Douglas Brinkley\'s book \"The Great Deluge,\" which
is about Katrina response.\]

\(5\) PERIODICALS RECEIVED TODAY:

\"Homeland Security Funding Week,\" No. 06-18, May 8, 2006.

\"IAEM \[Inter. Assn. Of Emer. Mgrs.\] Bulletin,\" Vol. 23, No. 5, May
2006.

\"Natural Hazards Observer,\" Vol. XXX, No. 5, May 2006.

\(6\) PREPAREDNESS:

Gordon, Meghan. \"State\'s New Evacuation Plan Looks Like Old One - But
It\'s Still Working to Find Shelters for People Who Are Bused Out.\" New
Orleans Times-Picayune, May 16, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1147759663287110.xml&coll=1>

McKinley, Jesse. \"San Francisco is Criticized in Report on
Preparedness.\" New York Times, May 16, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/us/16prepare.html>

Merzer. Martin. \"Poll: Hurricane Lessons Ignored.\" Miami Herald, May
16, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14587779.htm]{.underline}](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14587779.htm)

O\'Driscoll, Patrick. \"Nightmares Aplenty at NORAD - U.S., Canada
Prepare for the Mother of All Worst-Case Scenarios.\" USA Today, May 16,
2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060516/a_sentry16.art.htm]{.underline}](http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060516/a_sentry16.art.htm)

Yen Hope. \"Military Said Unready For Another Katrina.\" Associated
Press, May 15, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/15/national/w165519D87.DTL>

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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