The Hurricane Mitch disaster prompted a tremendous response from the international community governments, nongovernmental organizations ( NGOs ), and private citizens alike.

In criticizing the Department of Homeland Security's response to Hurricane Katrina, Senator Joseph Lieberman claimed that emergency workers under DHS chief Michael Chertoff " ran around like Keystone Kops, uncertain about what they were supposed to do or uncertain how to do it ".

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina killed 1, 836 people, Robertson implied on the September 12th broadcast of The 700 Club that the storm was God's punishment in response to America's abortion policy.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, Prince offered a personal response by recording two new songs, " S. S. T.

Later, following the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, critics called for FEMA to be removed from the Department of Homeland Security.

FEMA had previously been criticized for its response to Hurricane Hugo, which hit South Carolina in September 1989, and many of the same issues that plagued the agency during Hurricane Andrew were also evident during the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

FEMA received intense criticism for its response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in August 2005.

The Army ’ s immediate response to Hurricane Katrina included the mobilization of more than 178 canteen feeding units and 11 field kitchens which together have served more than 5. 7 million hot meals, 8. 3 million sandwiches, snacks and drinks.

; 2004 – 5: NSF sends " rapid response " research teams to investigate the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.

While she is rarely politically outspoken, in 2005 following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Dion appeared on Larry King Live and tearfully criticized the U. S. government's slow response in aiding the victims of the hurricane: " There's people still there waiting to be rescued.

An obscure release called " The New Battle of New Orleans " came along in 2005 as a response to the vandals and looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The Hurricane Liaison Team ( HLT ) supports hurricane response through information exchange between the NHC, the National Weather Service ( NOAA / NWS ), and the emergency management community.

In response to Hurricane Katrina, ANG units in all 54 states and territories responded to the recovery efforts in the Gulf States The ANG flew 73 percent of the airlift for the relief operations including its brand new C-130J and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

The Center for Public Integrity reported that since 1994, the Defense Department entered into 3, 601 contracts worth $ 300 billion with 12 U. S. based various PMCs within the United States, specifically during the initial response after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Analysis of this increase seems to indicate that it may be attributed to the public ’ s perception of Riley ’ s response to Hurricane Katrina.

McKinney has been an advocate for victims of Hurricane Katrina and a critic of the government's response.

The Congressional Black Caucus ' Omnibus Bill ( HR 4197 ) was introduced on November 2, 2005, to provide a comprehensive response to the Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Katrina.

* 2005, First Army is awarded a Joint Meritorious Unit Award for leading federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

# Joint Meritorious Unit Award for leading the federal response to Hurricane Katrina 2005.

In 2005, she and Mark Erelli won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition for their song People Look Around, a song written in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Katrina was seen as the first major test of the nation ’ s new disaster response plan under DHS.

* " DHS and FEMA lacked adequate trained and experienced staff for the Katrina response.

Only ten days later, on September 12, 2005, Brown announced his resignation after intense criticism of FEMA's perceived shortcomings in its response to Katrina.

In response to Carter's criticism of Gretna police officers and Jefferson Parish deputies, who had blocked the Crescent City Connection and prevented evacuees from fleeing New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina, Lee mailed out 25, 000 fliers and made public statements attacking Carter.

McCrery sponsored or cosponsored six public bills in the 109th Congress that have been signed into law by the president, all of which involved disaster mitigation and assistance in response to 2005 hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

* Swedish response to Hurricane Katrina

The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.

In response to collectible card games ' popularity after the emergence of Magic: The Gathering, Chaosium released the now discontinued Mythos CCG.

There is no evidence that her books ' popularity ever suffered: her response to criticism is said to be that she was not interested in the views of critics aged over 12 .< ref >

In response to her popularity, Hollywood rethought its vision of features as " canned theatre ," and focused instead on actors and material that were uniquely suited to film, not stage performances.

Motels peaked in popularity in the 1960s with rising car travel, only to decline in response to competition from the newer chain hotels which became commonplace at highway interchanges as traffic was bypassed onto newly constructed freeways.

Sydney in particular has seen many staple live music venues close, falling victim to increasing rents in gentrified areas, noise restrictions imposed by local governments in response to local residents ' demands ; the popularity of the DJ and dance music ; and the supposedly greater profitability of poker machines.

Grant, however, defended himself in a written response to the President, which became public knowledge ; Grant thereby increased his national popularity and emerged from the controversy unscathed.

Grant's curt response to Johnson in the Stanton matter increased his popularity with the Radical Republicans ; John Weiss Forney, editor of the Washington Daily Chronicle, who had paved the way for previous presidential nominations, took up the effort for Grant's nomination, by first inquiring with Rawlins about Grant's interest in the presidency.

Emma later claimed that they came in response to a letter inviting them to visit her which had been forged by Harold, but historians believe that she probably did invite them in an effort to counter Harold's growing popularity.

The rise of the popularity of monetarism also picked up in political circles when Keynesian economics seemed unable to explain or cure the seemingly contradictory problems of rising unemployment and inflation in response to the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1972 and the oil shocks of 1973.

As a response to an industry recession brought about by the popularity of television, the Hollywood studios turned to large format movies in order to regain audience attendance.

Much of Roy's popularity was in response to the fallout from Watergate.

The game's popularity waned during the 1990s, and in response to slipping sales, Steve Jackson Games ceased support for Car Wars.

It is said that usage of the term kleptocracy gained popularity largely in response to a need to accurately describe Mobutu's regime.

Some fans have had a rather negative response to Betancourt's writing style and lack of characterization, and consider his work to be more of fan fiction, but Betancourt states that one of his primary motivations for writing the new books was to keep Roger Zelazny's books and stories alive and in print and to prevent them from fading into obscurity, much like how other authors have extended the stories and ongoing popularity of Robert E. Howard's Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series.

In spite of the intense international criticism and the steady decline in foreign investment and trade, the nuclear tests were popular domestically and Vajpayee's popularity as well as the BJP's prestige rose in response.

These developments as well as an ambiguous response of the economy to the reforms, reduced the Vajpayee administration's popularity and undermined its future.

The tweet and its response generated considerable popularity on the networking site.

One response to this popularity was in commissioning the construction of replica castles.

In response to this growing popularity the railway undertook a programme of new rolling stock construction.

In response to the growing popularity of FM radio stereo radio stations in the late 1980s and early 1990s, some North American stations began broadcasting in AM stereo, though this never gained popularity, and very few receivers were ever sold.

Koenig always denied the " Russian origin " story and said the character was added in response to the popularity of The Monkees ' Davy Jones, and the character's hairstyle and appearance are a direct reference to this.

Unlike some similar, independent rock contemporaries, Fugazi's performances and tours were always profitable, due to the group's popularity, low business overhead costs, and MacKaye's keen sense of audience response in given regions.

The flag of St George has since the late 20th century enjoyed a resurgence in popularity partly due to football-inspired nationalism, and also in response to the devolution movements in Scotland and Wales.