solved Part 1 According to Bullock et al. (2017), “tens of

Part 1
According to Bullock et al. (2017), “tens of billions of dollars have already been spent by DHS and other agencies with related missions on developing and exploiting technologies for use in the fight against terrorism and, on occasion, for emergency management in general” (p. 657). However, not all the technology developed has been successful. Read Chapter 12 in Bullock et al. Research and Development Efforts.
Reference
Bullock, J.A., Haddow, G.D., & Coppola, D.P. (2017). Homeland security: The essentials (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Publications
Respond to the following:

Question 1: Is federal funding better spent on all-hazards first-responder preparedness, or on research and development (R&D) efforts to find new emergency management solutions for terrorist hazards?
Question 2: Based on the Fiscal Year 2015 funding levels for both these activities (as listed throughout Chapter 12), would the American public be better served by transferring funding from R&D to first-responder preparedness, or vice versa? Provide specific examples to support your answer.

Part 2
Surprisingly, Hurricane Sandy became a “perfect storm.” This storm ended up as a major event. It was responsible for 72 deaths and approximately 69 billion dollars in damage (National Weather Service, 2012). Hurricane Sandy falls right behind Hurricane Katrina with the amount of damage and devastation it caused. It truly tested the readiness of the Department of Homeland Security.
These websites provide an overview of the damage and recovery from Hurricane Sandy:

Hurricane Sandy, National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. (Links to an external site.)
Sandy recovery Office, FEMA. (Links to an external site.)
“Superstorm Sandy: Facts About the Frankenstorm,” LiveScience. (Links to an external site.)

Bullock et al.. (2017) concludes that new methods versus traditional methods of communication with the public were used for the first time.
References
Bullock, J.A., Haddow, G.D., & Coppola, D.P. (2017). Homeland security: The essentials (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Publications
Sharp, T. (2012, November 27). Superstorm Sandy: Facts about the frankenstorm. LiveScience. Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/24380-hurricane-sandy-…
National Weather Service. (2012, October 29). Hurricane Sandy. Retrieved from https://www.weather.gov/okx/HurricaneSandy
For this discussion, your instructor will form groups of two or three and post the list on the forum.  Get acquainted with your partner and work together to devise a response to the discussion question. Post your finalized group response to the discussion board.
Hurricanes Katrina, and Sandy and Crisis Communication
Respond to the following:

Question 1: Discuss how the role of traditional media in crisis communications has changed by comparing and contrasting Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.
Question 2: Discuss the emergence of social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube as a preferred means of communications before, during, and after each disaster.
Question 3: Identify and discuss the four critical assumptions underlying the crisis communications efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the 2000’s.
Question 4: In preparing for Hurricane Sandy, many tasks and plans/procedures were put into place by local, state and federal governments to handle and mitigate this event. In retrospect, what parts of these plans/procedures do you deem as a failure? What did we learn from Katrina? What parts were a success?