Hurricane Season

With the hurricane season upon us, which officially spans from June 1^st to November 30^th, comes the threat of storms ravaging the Gulf Coast region and Eastern seaboard of the United States. To help mitigate the effects of these storms The National Resource Center has chosen to highlight hurricane season as the Topic of the Month. We will provide current information on preparedness, response, recovery, and reconstruction efforts specific to individual storms as they affect culturally diverse populations and highlight relevant resources from our resource library.

Hurricane Ike

• USA.gov has created a Spanish language website which provides links to a range of resources relating to Hurricane Ike.
• Times Topics: Hurricane Ike: This New York Times feature provides an overview of news and commentary about Hurricane Ike and links to a number of videos and interactive features pertaining to the storm. 

• Listo America has created a Spanish language website containing hurricane preparedness resources and links to the most current information on the projected path of Hurricane Ike.    
• FEMA: President declares emergency for Florida

Hurricane Gustuv

• New York Times Editorial- “Never Again, Again”: This editorial describes some of the perceived short fallings of recent evacuation efforts in New Orleans and contains a number of quotes from evacuees.
• FEMA has developed a Hurricane Gustav information hub to provide relevant resources and current information in English and Spanish.
• Latino Workers Decided to Stay During Gustav: This article provides testimonials of why some Hispanic/Latino immigrants failed to heed evacuation orders and precautions some immigrants took to evacuate while avoiding the presence of government officials.  To view the full  article  CLICK  HERE.
• Illegal Immigrants Opted to Stay During Hurricane: This article documents the reluctance of undocumented Hispanic/Latino workers to evacuate New Orleans due to fear of deportation. The article also cites the shortcomings of efforts to disseminate evacuation orders in Spanish. To view the full article CLICK HERE.
• Hurricane Gustav Bears Down on Empty New Orleans:This article cites efforts which were taken in New Orleans to ensure that populations with limited English proficiency were able to understand mandatory evacuation orders. To view the full article CLICK HERE.
• Spanish speaking volunteers are needed to help interpret for Hispanic/Latino hurricane evacuees staying in the Memphis area. For more information CLICK HERE.
• The organization INCITE is requesting support to help low-income African American women and their families evacuate New Orleans and return to safety. For more information CLICK HERE.