Hurricane Katrina
US President George W. Bush (R) talks about the aftermath from Hurricane Gustav during a briefing with members of his Cabinet including Vice President Dick Cheney on September 2, 2008 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush on September 1, rushed to oversee emergency operations for Hurricane Gustav, three years after the bungled response to mega-storm Katrina dealt a huge political blow to his administration. With scores of emergency personnel, aid administrators and politicians at his side in his home state of Texas, Bush said emergency response to Gustav was much improved over the mismanaged 2005 reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
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The Human Condition in Extremis: 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Haiti after the earthquake.
It is hard to say if the problems down there are more tied to Hurricane Katrina and the city just never bouncing back or if it is symbolic of the problems within the newspaper industry
We went to Mississippi to help rebuild homes when Hurricane Katrina hit, and after the great flood in Tennessee in 2009, we went to help in any way we couldMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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New Orleans festivals booming as Jazz Fest starts
-- When Hurricane Katrina scattered New Orleans residents and its musicians across the country, many wondered if the best days of New Orleans music had drowned with the city. But if its music festivals are any indication, New Orleans is proving its music scene Read more »
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Ex-towboat crewman wins $4.3M in Katrina lawsuit
crew member has won a $4.3 million judgment against a barge company he claimed forced him to stay on his vessel during Hurricane Katrina , saddling him with post-traumatic stress syndrome that upended his life.U.S. District Judge David Herndon sided with Tyree Read more »
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Roger Goodell must hit Saints hard for bounties
A team that plays in the city where one of the biggest humanitarian disasters in history struck with the fury that was Hurricane Katrina had delivered to its fans a much-needed feeling of rebirth and pride.That moment, that sense of utter euphoria, will never Read more »
Around the web
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Alabama woman convicted in Katrina corruption case
MOBILE -- Federal jurors in Mobile have convicted a former coastal grant manager on corruption charges linked to Hurricane Katrina. The jury returned guilty verdicts against Janey Galbraith on five charges Thursday. Galbraith was indicted over a pair of 1:15 AM from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »
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Jury finds grant manager Janey Galbraith guilty on all counts in Bayou corruption case
MOBILE, Alabama -- A federal jury this morning found Janey Galbraith guilty on charges related to her handling of a pair of housing grants Bayou La Batre received after Hurricane Katrina. The city paid Galbraith more than $1 million each for the grants - 5/31/12 from Everything Alabama Read more »
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"Learning From Katrina" Web Page
Today marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. In commemoration, and in light of the current hurricane season, the Library of Congress announces a Web site titled "Learning from Katrina," wh 5/31/12 from East Chicago Public Library Read more »
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The Grand Theme of Governing
How can Republicans clean Democrat clocks all over the country? All it will take is a simple message: Republicans can govern. Democrats can't. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina blasted the states around the Gulf of Mexico, Democrat Governor Blanco of Louis from American Thinker Read more »
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Hancock County man accused of Hurricane Katrina fraud
GULFPORT -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Hancock County businessman of fraud and misuse of public money, property or records, according to U.S. District Court records. According to the indictment, Norman Joseph Shiyou submitted a small business cl from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »
