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UD experts to discuss Katrina lessons on TV12 Oct. 13 5:05 p.m., Oct. 12, 2006--Two University of Delaware faculty members and two researchers in UD's Disaster Research Center (DRC) will be part of a focus group that will examine the humanitarian lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina during a special, extended edition of Friday Forum on Delaware Tonight, a local news and public affairs program on WHYY-TV12, beginning at 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13. The special program, titled “Lessons of Katrina,” will include discussion on humanitarian efforts after Hurricane Katrina; a profile of a man who relocated to Delaware and decided to make the First State his home; a youth ministry group that has made numerous visits to New Orleans; Delaware National Guard soldiers who helped with the relief effort; and a team of art conservators and graduate students from UD and Winterthur Museum & Country Estate that is restoring Gulf Coast treasures damaged by the storm. Tricia Wachtendorf, UD assistant professor of sociology and core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center (DRC), will discuss a study of the distribution of material resources following Katrina in the Gulf Coast. Leland Ware, Louis L. Redding Professor for the Study of Law and Public Policy in UD's School of Urban Affairs, will offer the historical perspective of Katrina's devastating effect on the poor and discuss special considerations that should be made in disaster planning and response for similar communities. John Barnshaw, a DRC researcher, will discuss vulnerability and inequality in the Gulf Coast in the context of Katrina. DRC researcher Joseph Trainor, who visited Mississippi and New Orleans as the disaster of Hurricane Katrina unfolded, will discuss the lessons learned on the ground. Daniel Valle, chief operating officer at the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula, will talk about his work in the Gulf Coast, building local capability and the lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Hank Fischer, professor of sociology at Millersville University, an expert in behavioral and organizational response to disaster who has participated in a study of mass fatalities after Katrina and traveled to Mississippi and Louisiana three times, will discuss mass fatality management issues and the challenges involved. Delaware Tonight is produced by WHYY-TV. The program, which airs from 5:30-6 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, on WHYY-TV12 and WHYY Wider Horizons (Comcast channel 242) from the WHYY Delaware Broadcast Center in Wilmington, provides the day's news from Delaware and the region, along with in-depth analysis. Delaware Tonight is also available online at [www.whyy.org] and via Comcast ON DEMAND. |
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