Five Years Post 9/11 And One Year Post Hurricane Katrina: The State Of America’s Readiness

Friday, July 28th, 2006 Catastrophe Property

As the nation approaches the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, led by Conference President and Dearborn Mayor Michael A. Guido, held a media forum at the National Press Club July 26 discussing the state of disaster preparedness in America’s cities. Mayors acknowledge that more must be done at every level of government to make sure that cities, and the nation, are able to respond to the growing challenges of homeland security and emergency response.

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