The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned

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• Letter to the President from Frances Fragos Townsend
• Foreword
• Chapter One: Katrina in Perspective
• Chapter Two: National Preparedness - A Primer
• Chapter Three: Hurricane Katrina - Pre-Landfall
• Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29-September 5)
• Chapter Five: Lessons Learned
• Chapter Six: Transforming National Preparedness
• Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• Appendices
  • Appendix A – Recommendations
  • Appendix B – What Went Right
  • Appendix C – List of Acronyms
  • Appendix D – Staff Page
  • Appendix E – Endnotes