The city has been mauled repeatedly by vicious storms over the centuries, and thanks to climate change, the risk has only grown.
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While the last decade has seen an influx of wealthy new residents to New Orleans, many complain that gentrification has left them by the wayside, transforming public schools into charter schools and pushing housing beyond reach. “This is it. So stop worrying about going back home, and be content where you are”.
6 In The Morning anchor Rich Lenz is reporting from New Orleans through Friday on the impact of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later. “That are just foundations or steps leading up to what used to be a house”. Once that work is lined up, Landrieu announced that the workers will come from the city. But she still looks back and misses her home.
“We’ll keep doing it because the need is always there”, said Andy Hyson, chapter president of the D.C. Tulane Alumni.
The unclaimed bodies were laid to rest in 2008, three years after the storm killed 1,833 along the US Gulf Coast.
Deputies and firefighters worked to try to get people to leave their homes for safety.
The waters washed away the admirable city of New Orleans, but the city didn’t die.
In addition to the staggering death toll, Hurricane Katrina caused billions of dollars in damage across Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
“We’re here. Your New Orleans family is here”, said pastor Shannon Verrett of the congregation that now shares a sanctuary in north Houston with Park Temple Baptist Church.
“America’s Great Storm”, is a book that many who were at the book signing say they can’t wait to read and understand more about the untold stories of the leader behind the recovery. The entire region is gradually sinking at the same time sea levels are rising, driven by climate change. As robust as the flood walls and levees are today, they’ll be less and less able to protect the city over time. It was a lot to deal with, so the people of Chicago did what they do best: they wrapped their arms around her. “The outpouring of the people here and compassion is just unbelievable”, she says.
The pending BP settlement will provide even more funding for essential restoration, including using the natural power of Mississippi River and its sediment to rebuild wetlands that provide a buffer to storm surge.
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Another catalyst to redevelopment was the Soft Second Program, a grant opportunity spear headed by Mtumishi St. Julien and the Finance Authority of New Orleans, which offered up to $65,000 to new buyers.
