The Storm Video Response Essay

For this video response essay, I will be discussing the video titled “The Storm.” The video mostly focused on the devastating storm, Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005. The video also gives insight on how various people responded to the storm. The residents of New Orleans were furious. There was no food, water, and very little help. Many lives were lost and many believe that it was due to lack of communication between everyone. Some feel as though FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) was not doing enough, or anything at all. One person who was interviewed in the video was Mayor Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans when the hurricane hit. He was one of the plenty of people who felt like FEMA, as well as other people who held a higher position, were not

They do admit that it did take them some time to get there. However, they feel like they helped all they could. The speaker from FEMA that was being interviewed said that when asking for help, New Orleans did so vaguely. Yes, on camera people were just asking for help in general, so that could be looked at as vague request. When looked into, there was a document found that had the specific areas they needed help and assistance with. The video also explained some of FEMA’s history. In other emergency situations, they weren’t prepared or helpful. At first, I was feeling like people should not have been too upset with FEMA because they were still trying to help. My feelings changed when someone from FEMA stated that if he had to do it all over again he would do things exactly the same. That shows that even looking back they do not think that there was anything they could’ve done better, which is insane, in my opinion. To me, the most upsetting part of the video was when they explained that in nursing homes the workers left the elderly to fend for themselves. Clearly, they died. That is upsetting to me because they should have implanted an evacuation plan that would be