US President Barack Obama will tout New Orleans’ inspirational if incomplete resurgence Thursday, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the “Big Easy” and shattered Americans’ confidence in government.
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But help came from around the world, including Tulsa when some local nurses went to help in Baton Rouge.
“Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. It’s just him like keeping it out there, make sure everyone still remembers it. I think it’s quite nice” said Scott Guyan who is vacationing here from Glasgow Scotland.
On a hot September day in 2005, Jenny Kowitziky flew out of Tulsa on a volunteer mission.
When the players arrived on campus before the Jamboree, they made their way to the cafeteria, a spacious room with six long rows of tables.
Seventy miles from “Ground Zero” in New Orleans, the Tulsans didn’t treat the most traumatic cases but they did provide invaluable support.
“The absolute most important lesson we’ve learned from Katrina is the value of communication, relationships and community – and for that community to work together”, Alexander says. “Our best days are ahead of us, we just need to keep on going”.
“There was a point where I was up to my neck, in water, standing at 6’2”, said Hubbard.
“Realistically everything we know about civilized society, in those days that followed… all had to be suspended”, now-secretary of the New Mexico Corrections Department Gregg Marcantel said.
Both reports found that there are significant racial gaps in attitudes about the city’s recovery, with more white residents than black residents feeling that the quality of life has improved since the storm.
After ten years in the Tennessee Valley, the couple says this is the place they now call home, but they will never forget New Orleans. “And that information is very important because it allows us to get information pretty much spot-on while the public is driving on the road”.
Landrieu said the city is waiting on federal reimbursements from Katrina’s damage to the sewers and drains to begin new projects, including a massive effort to fix New Orleans streets.
Alumni members will gather at Bayou on Pennsylvania Avenue for a benefit happy hour, just as they’ve done every year since the storm.
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Her family, including her dad and brother and sisters – 8 people in all – traveled to Fort Polk and stayed for a few nights.
