Summary of Samantha Montano's Disasterology

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#1 I was 11 when the World Trade Center towers collapsed. I watched the news coverage of the disaster unfold live on the second hour of the Today Show. I did not know at the time that the government failed to prevent the attacks, but there was an immediate government response once they happened.

#2 The media has a role to play in how we respond to disasters, especially when government is failing to meet survivors’ most basic needs.

#3 The aftermath of Katrina was a sad story of how the government failed the people of New Orleans, and how the city was not able to rebuild itself. It has stayed in the public consciousness as a pivotal event in the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.

#4 After Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans was left in shambles. The flood destroyed most of the buildings in the city, and the oil spill that came with it heavily contaminated the soil.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822520684

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was 11 when the World Trade Center towers collapsed. I watched the news coverage of the disaster unfold live on the second hour of the Today Show. I did not know at the time that the government failed to prevent the attacks, but there was an immediate government response once they happened.

#2

The media has a role to play in how we respond to disasters, especially when government is failing to meet survivors’ most basic needs.

#3

The aftermath of Katrina was a sad story of how the government failed the people of New Orleans, and how the city was not able to rebuild itself. It has stayed in the public consciousness as a pivotal event in the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.

#4

After Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans was left in shambles. The flood destroyed most of the buildings in the city, and the oil spill that came with it heavily contaminated the soil.

#5

I was shocked by the visual damage in New Orleans, but what haunted me was the fear on the faces of the survivors. I realized that disaster could strike anywhere, at any moment.

#6

I struggled to articulate the feeling of being in a destroyed city. I wrote journal entries, Facebook picture captions, class essays, and formal reflection papers, searching for the exact words to describe what I had seen. I wanted people from home to understand that Katrina was not a unforeseen tragedy, but rather the logical outcome of American history.

#7

The media showed the world what was happening in New Orleans, as the scope of the flooding and ineffectiveness of the federal response