Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Part 1 Recovery: The Second Disaster 25
The Lady in the Purple Outfit 33
A Heckuva Job! 39
Do-It-Yourself Recovery 50
Green Dots 67
Bootstraps 76
Commemorative Snow Globes 89
Part 2 Mitigation: Preventing Disaster 95
Creating Disaster 101
The Fight for Camp Ellis 109
Disaster Denialism 119
A Reactive Approach 125
The Future of Camp Ellis 132
Part 3 Response: The Disaster 139
A Quick Response 145
A Warning 151
A Planned Response 159
An Unplanned Response 165
Up to Our Bottoms in Alligators 173
Part 4 Damage Control 179
Climate Change Is Already Here 183
Facing the Consequences 197
"A Real Catastrophe Like Katrina" 204
Part 5 Preparedness: Anticipating Disaster 219
Surviving on Checklists & Go-Bags 227
Designing an Emergency Management System 238
Planning for Walruses 251
How Not to Manage a Pandemic 263
Part 6 Disaster Justice 279
Creating a Movement for Disaster Justice 284
Working Toward Disaster Justice 293
On Finding Courage 303
Epilogue 311
Acknowledgments 317
Endnotes 319
Index 363