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  2. Criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina

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    White House and homeland security officials wouldn't explain why Chertoff waited some 36 hours to declare Katrina an incident of national significance and why he didn't immediately begin to direct the federal response from the moment on Aug. 27 when the National Hurricane Center predicted that Katrina would strike the Gulf Coast with ...

  3. Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Katrina was the first natural disaster in the United States in which the American Red Cross used its "Safe and Well" family location website. [162] [163] Direct Relief provided a major response in the Gulf states so health providers could treat the local patients and evacuees.

  4. Effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Southeastern United States

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    The worst property damage from Katrina occurred in coastal Mississippi, where all towns flooded over 90% in hours, and waves destroyed many historic buildings, with others gutted to the 3rd story. Afterward, 238 people died in Mississippi, and all counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas, 49 for full federal assistance.

  5. Hurricane Katrina Showed Us How Spectacularly the ... - AOL

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    Angela Perkins made it to the convention center in New Orleans. It was September 1, 2005, three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and New Orleans’s levee system had collapsed, and most ...

  6. Social effects of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    Katrina also had a significant impact on the popularity of the name for babies. According to the Social Security Administration, Katrina, which had ranked as the 281st female baby name in 2004, dropped down to 382nd most popular name in 2006, 600th most popular name in 2007, and 815th most popular name in 2009. [41]

  7. How Hurricane Katrina and an off-script remark by Kanye West ...

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    If you see a White family, it says they’re looking for food,” West, going off script, said in September 2005 during NBC’s “Concert for Hurricane Relief” telethon following hurricane Katrina.

  8. Organizations that took a stand amidst the disaster of ...

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    August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.

  9. Political effects of Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Katrina over the Gulf of Mexico on August 28, 2005, one day before landfall. Hurricane Katrina struck the United States on August 29, 2005, causing over a thousand deaths and extreme property damage, particularly in New Orleans. The incident affected numerous areas of governance, including disaster preparedness and environmental policy.