Natural disasters not only have immediate destructive effects, but also long-term effects. Hurricane Katrina was not only disastrous by destroying hundreds of homes in New Orleans as well as taking the lives of many, but by exposing, as the article on Hurricane Katrina states, the underlying policies that have fueled it to become more “disastrous”. Natural Disasters are not only natural; they are intertwined with the man-made policies created and as such can be more or less “disastrous” depending on those policies. One of Bush’s policies that has been exposed by Hurricane Katrina is his focus away from public policies that aim to improve services like welfare and education. Instead, he aims to privatize many of resources. In addition, he has cut funding for most public sectors of the government. It’s no surprise then that Hurricane Katrina would be so catastrophic on New Orleans. While those with access to transportation outside the city evacuated (mainly the wealthy), avoiding much of Hurricane Katrina, those who were unable to find a way out were stuck to face it.