Hurricane Katrina – the last time I saw my mother
If it had not been for a disagreement with my mother on that Friday night in August, perhaps my body would be resting in a coffin beside hers at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans. It was the night...
View ArticleBillboards Nationwide Commemorate Hurricane Katrina (Lamar Advertising Company)
(Source: Lamar Advertising Company) Lamar Advertising Company Marks the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on its Digital Billboards Nationwide Baton Rouge, LA - August 25, 2015 - Lamar Advertising...
View ArticleBillboards Nationwide Remember Hurricane Katrina (Lamar Advertising Company)
(Source: Lamar Advertising Company) Lamar Advertising Company Commemorates the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on its Digital Billboards Nationwide Baton Rouge, LA - August 25, 2015 - Lamar...
View ArticleThe Lasting Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Even as a 14-year-old at a new school 2,000 miles from home, Kenyon Dunbar understood his new teacher's intentions were good. But the single topic Dunbar didn't want to talk about — couldn't talk about...
View Article10 Years After Katrina -- A Roadmap to a More Resilient Gulf Coast
On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and as direct participants in its aftermath and recovery, it's important to look back and chronicle the lessons the country has learned --...
View ArticleTV News Networks Cover Hurricane Katrina 10-Year Anniversary
During the 10th anniversary week of Hurricane Katrina, TV news networks will be covering the milestone at length. On Tuesday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who reported from New Orleans during the...
View ArticleTale of Two Cities: Views of Katrina Recovery in New Orleans Divide along...
(Source: Louisiana State University) 08/24/15 BATON ROUGE - African American and white residents of New Orleans see the progress of recovery since Hurricane Katrina very differently, according to a new...
View Article' 10 Years After Katrina, Survivors Celebrate City's Revival
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people search for words to describe New Orleans' recovery a decade after Hurricane Katrina, they sometimes use words verging on the Biblical - an economic and cultural...
View Article3Qs: Urban and coastal planning in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
(Source: Northeastern University) How has Hurricane Katrina influenced how resiliency experts, emergency management officials, and urban developers have approached their work over the past decade?...
View ArticleCrawford® Issues Hurricane Katrina Whitepaper on Storm’s Ten-year Anniversary...
(Source: Crawford & Company) RSG releases Web-based OSHA 300 Claim Reporting Crawford® Issues Hurricane Katrina Whitepaper on Storm's Ten-year Anniversary Paper looks at storm effects, claims...
View ArticleA TV Show That Took On the Post-Katrina Disaster Myth (Fordham University)
(Source: Fordham University) Ten years ago, Robin Andersen recalls seeing the news coverage of events unfolding in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, and being stunned. There was the Yahoo story that...
View ArticleNew Orleans Bounce-Back: 10 Homes Built After Katrina By Melissa Allison on...
(Source: Zillow Inc) It was a decade ago this week that the levees failed in New Orleans, and Hurricane Katrina became the one of deadliest storms in U.S. history. The beloved city struggled mightily...
View ArticleAfter Katrina, New Orleans stakes future on urban water plan
NEW ORLEANS — Potholed streets, buckled sidewalks and off-balance old buildings are often the first impression for visitors to New Orleans, along with live oaks that lean over so far they look like...
View ArticleHow New Data And Historical Storm Simulations Of Hurricane Katrina Can Save...
Bill Putman at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, published video footage of a simulation of Hurricane Katrina on Friday. This video, created in 2015, takes a combination of...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast 10 years ago, photo gallery
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in the early morning hours of Aug. 29, 2005. The damage was extensive as 85 percent of New Orleans, La., was under...
View ArticleA Decade Later, New Orleans Mends Its Finances and Neighborhoods
When Matt Wisdom tried to round up investors for his three-D modeling company after Hurricane Katrina hit, people scoffed. “They treated us like we were part of the developing world,” said Wisdom, 43,...
View ArticleThe New Orleans Economy Ten Years After Katrina
Residents and tourists have returned to New Orleans in the decade since Hurricane Katrina, but the city’s economy remains skewed toward low-wage jobs.......
View ArticleThese Are The Schools That Hurricane Katrina Destroyed
When Hurricane Katrina came roaring through New Orleans in August 2005, it took nearly 2,000 lives, displaced more than a million people along the Gulf Coast from their homes, and caused significant...
View ArticleObama says New Orleans is 'moving forward' after hurricane
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says New Orleans is "moving forward" a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow, and has become an example of what can happen when people...
View ArticleObama marks rebirth of New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina
In this article People: Barack Obama WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will tout New Orleans’ inspirational if incomplete resurgence on Thursday, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the "Big...
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