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Abstract: Senator Bob Graham
conducted hearings in Homestead eight months after Hurricane
Andrew pummelled the area. The hearings were conducted in four
segments: preparation for arrival of Hurricane Andrew, events
immediately following the Hurricane, the ongoing recovery effort,
and citizen comments. Community leaders discussed problems with
planning within the beauracracy, and logistics for recovery
following the disaster. Citizens discuss problems of beauracracy,
temporary "tent city" housing, unemployment, increased
trauma cases and crime, street debris, poor air quality due
to trash burning, and police insensitivity. Appended to the
hearings are reports from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and another from the General Accounting Office titled "Disaster
Management: Recent Disasters Demonstrate the Need to Improve
the Nation's Response Strategy."
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