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This paper makes use of material from Mercatus Center Policy Comment #17: “Making Hurricane Response More Effective: Lessons from the Private Sector and the Coast Guard during Katrina,” March 19, 2008. Material used with permission of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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