Thursday, February 28, 2008

Potential Disaster for New Orleans! (Nichole, Camille, Paula, Virginia)

In order to ensure complete public awareness and concern for the potential disaster in New Orleans, our group thought that a few different methods would be effective.
A series of public service announcements should be aired on TV months before the disaster is predicted to affect the area. The announcements should be aired on prime time television, so that everyone will get a chance to see them.
As the storm moves closer, and the levees are more likely to break, a 20 minute "mini-movie" if you will, should be aired once or twice daily showing successful evacuation procedures.
Another idea would be to organize a large public performance or simulation of the disaster in front of the mayors office building. This would be done to grab the onlooker's attention as well as the mayor him self's interest. This concept could be likened to the "truth" commercials that air on Mtv.
Billboards could also be put up around high-traffic areas. The billboard wouldn't be too complicated, just a bold statistic plainly written in black and white regarding "what if" the levees were to break.

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