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Milvirtha Knight Hendricks (February 27, 1920 - July 20, 2009 [1]) was an African American woman who, on September 1, 2005, was photographed by Eric Gay of the Associated Press outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center huddled in one of several American flag blankets given to her and to several other disaster victims, two days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. [2]
The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city on August 29, 2005. The storm caused levees to fail, releasing tens of billions of gallons of water. The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in the New Orleans area and surrounding ...
The New York Times - New Orleans, 10 Years After Katrina. ... See the slideshow below for photos of New Orleans' recovery through the years: In early 2009, Obama was sworn in as our first black ...
[8] [9] As it turned out, Katrina was Category 3 when it made landfall and most of New Orleans experienced Category 1 or 2 strength winds. However, due to the slow moving nature of the storm in its pass over New Orleans, several floodwalls lining the shipping and drainage canals in New Orleans collapsed and the resulting flood water from Lake ...
Pulling up to Jerry Reed's house in St. Roch neighborhood is like stepping back in time to August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area. New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina ...
The National Guard rescued around 34,000 people in New Orleans. Over a decade later, and the area is still recovering from the tragic event. ... See more photos of Hurricane Katrina in the gallery ...
Hurricane on the Bayou is an American 2006 documentary film that focuses on the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.. Hurricane on the Bayou is both a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to restore Louisiana's wetlands, rebuild New Orleans, and honor the culture of the city.
New Orleans' $5 billion tourism industry slowly recovered, however, and is now once again approaching pre-Katrina visitor levels. In 2004, the year before the Category 3 hurricane struck, New ...