Tagged With "Hurricane Katrina"
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“Not Fragile”: Survivor-Led Mutual Aid Projects Flourish in a Time of Crisis (www.madinamerica.com)
Excerpts from the recent piece by writer, @Leah Harris , published in Mad in America . To read the rest of this piece by @Leah Harris , published in Mad in America , please click here.
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What Trauma Looks Like For Lousiana Residents 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina [npr.org]
By Debbie Elliott, National Public Radio, August 30, 2020 DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: As parts of the Gulf Coast are starting to pick up the pieces left in the wake of Hurricane Laura, we look back at another catastrophic hurricane that made landfall 15 years ago - Katrina. The Category 5 storm killed more than a thousand people and caused major damage. Eighty percent of New Orleans was underwater after the federal levee protection system failed. While the city was able to rebuild, many of its...