Digital Portfolio: Why systems fail

Not all systems fail, but it seems like an awful lot of the ones that would usually help someone do. For example, the system that could have saved all those Katrina victims failed miserably and it took much longer for anyone to even help them. The systems that usually fail have some sort of thing that would help people, but due to other things, such as lack of funds, they do not succeed. Sadly, the ones that fail usually have huge consequences to those that they should help.
When Hurricane Katrina hit, ahead of time specialists new that it would probably be of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the gulf coast. Of course, no one knew it would be as bad as it did, they had no idea the levis might break or that by the time the hurricane ended, 80% of new orleans would be underwater. All they could do was tell the people of the city that it was coming, and hope for the best. By the end, 80% of the city was underwater and many of the people were still stuck in their houses, some of them up to their neck in water. The city was in chaos, and no one seemed to be able to do anything for them. Finally, after 5 days, the national guard was sent in to restore order.
The system that was supposed to watch over this situation was not able to do anything. The reason could be that everything that could possibly go wrong did. They system never thought that the hurricane could be as bad as it was, which is the reason it failed.
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Everyone in our group agrees that systems are good and bad, and can be extremely unethical. They also seem to crash and burn when the real bad things begin to happen. They are unethical because it really shows prejudice on who they decide to help and who they gloss over and let the people under them help. Although the system isn't just one person or a group of people, its those people that decide what to do to help those in need most. Its interesting that the people who would benefit most from the help are usually the last to get it however.