-The city of New Orleans and that state of Louisiana are no stranger to hurricanes. -1992’s Hurricane Andrew was one of the many powerful storms to hit the Gulf Coast -Many of these storms “just missed” the city of Louisiana and new organizations failed to thoroughly discuss what could have happened in the city if it hadn’t been so lucky
-This was one of the many opportunites that news outlets had to have a public forum on the fact that the city of New Orleans was physically not ready for the havoc a big hurricane could create, and due to this inability to prepare for a “worse-case scenario” the city would also be unprepared to deal with the aftermath of a storm (search and rescue, looting, street violence, etc.)
“ Louisiana has begun a program called America’s wetland to draw attention to the problem, and to rally environmentalists, businesses and ordinary residents to the cause of restoring marshes and barrier islands. The effort could cost as much as $14 billion in the next 15 to 20 years. It’s a considerable sum, but the cost of not acting… would be greater”
We knew how bad things could be… “A category 4 or 5 hurricane would move up from the Gulf to Lake Pontchartrain, forcing water over levees and into the city. If the New Orelans bowl filled, the Red Cross says there could 100,000 deaths. An Add’tl 400,000 could be stranded on roofs surrounded by a witches’ brew of contaminated water Terry Tullier head of the New Orleans office of Emergency preparedness “Many of you will die, let’s get that out of the way”
-This is an interview with Michael Brown the FEMA director on August 29th. -Effective because you have the person responsible and in control of all the rescue operations, he is an individual who is knowledgeable about the situation for people to take seriously -A person with authority -addresses the fact that people do not have anywhere to go -really gives a clear and honest picture to those not in or from NOLA about how bad the situation really is -later in the interview addresses what is being done to fix/solve the problem -also talks about medical concerns -addresses FEMAS future plans
-Part of this clip talks about looting -sort of frames the people in a negative way -police with guns to scare away the people, they make it seem like they are savages -they need help, obviously to the point where looting is necessary -framed as robbers and bad people, should be framed as in need of help -also makes it seem like water is not everywhere -overall puts out the wrong message to people who are not there experiencing the catastrophe
Failed to know terminology Command post-view No context or field reporting Victim motif Showing black people needing to be rescued. No new information Failed to know terminology Command post-view No context or field reporting Victim motif No new information
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