MODULE 12 :: DISCUSSION BOARD

Please answer the following questions as a discussion board post. You do not need to reply to your peers.

1. What stood out to you with regard to Pou’s arrest? What were you feeling as she was taken to jail. How must she have felt?
2. Just looking at Foti’s press conference and the response by Pou’s lawyer, Rick Simmons, on what points will innocence or guilt be determined?
3. When it came down to it, “what mattered most and had the greatest immediate effects were the actions and decisions made in the midst of a crisis by individuals” (348). How does one develop the skills necessary to provide leadership during a crisis?
4. Why did Charity Hospital fare much better during the hurricane? What lessons exists in this example for disaster training and planning?