These two separate crises bring up a lot of issues regarding disaster management. They are both unique scenarios that require very different strategies to manage from a PIO’s standpoint.
In the cases of Hurricane Katrina there were warning signs and at least some time to plan for the disaster. In the Columbine High school shooting there was no warning at all. This difference in the onset of these two crises situations presents varying difficulties such as who needs the most immediate help and who is in the most need of the information about the situation.
The fact that Columbine was a quick incident and not as ongoing as the flooding following Hurricane Katrina means that although there were still many devastating effects of the shooting, the incident was at least over where as the destruction of Katrina continued for many weeks after. The PIOs would have much different challenges in these two different scenarios.
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