Texas EMS Magazine, Volume 26, Number 6, November/December 2005 Page: 22 of 52
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Call it trial by
water-lots of water
When Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita slammed into the coasts of Louisi-
ana and Texas a little more than three
weeks apart, the storms displaced mil-
lions of people and caused billions of
dollars in damages. More importantly
for the EMS and trauma communities,
the storms tested the reactions and re-
sourcefulness of Texas emergency re-
sponse. We walked away with successes
and with lessons learned, after experi-
encing first-hand what worked-and
what didn't.
The basic elements of hurricanes are
the same: wind, storm surge, rain. But
each hurricane response is unique, as
these two were, both in preparation and
in missions after the storms hit. Ir
Katrina, emergency responders had to
react to a catastrophe that multiplied
By Kelly Harrell
22 Texas EMS Magazine November/December 2005
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