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In all my years of living, I had never heard New Orleans like that.” This is how Ausettua AmorAmenkum, 69, recalls her return to her home, following the destruction Hurricane Katrina brought ...
Its iconic t-shirt, featuring a skull emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis, became a symbol of resilience and pride during Hurricane Katrina.
While New Orleans has grown by 150,000 residents ... urban disinvestment, and Hurricane Betsy and later Katrina. Many of the cities with the largest population declines are former manufacturing ...
The anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is not only New Orleans’s burden to bear. There is a responsibility for people to interrogate their relationship to the city—and unpack and unlearn their ...
New Orleans shines as the focus of Essence Magazine's May, June issue marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. The covers of the magazine serve as a heartfelt love letter to the Crescent City ...
WE ARE TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PREPARED. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE KICKED OFF TODAY IN NEW ORLEANS ...
When it made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, Katrina was a Category 3 ... the topics being discussed at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans this year. "There are really two ...
I DON’T LIKE TO LOOK BACK AT KATRINA. IT WAS DEVASTATING ... Emeritus Margaret Orr spoke at the National Hurricane Center conference in New Orleans Tuesday. Orr spoke candidly on the 20th ...