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TWO YEARS AFTER THE STORM: THE STATE OF KATRINA HOUSING RECOVERY ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST (PDF)

Media coverage of Hurricane Katrina raises questions about accurate representation and the resultant costs in human suffering. This article elucidates some of the documented facts related to Hurricane Katrina, its comparison to 9/11, and clarifies misconceptions of the initial relief effort and impact on those impacted by the Hurricane.

I question the media’s approach to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to the exclusion of other affected areas, and examine the effect this had on the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s recovery and rebuilding effort. As a mental health professional and building contractor, I was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for one year after the storm and was heavily involved in the recovery effort. I was witness to the efforts made by communities and volunteers from all over the world, as well as the efforts from the federal and local governments. This article is intended to bring to light the well-documented history surrounding the regions most directly affected by the events of August 29, 2005.

RT @ylove: 6-part blogseries on the BP oil spill done, written on location w/@weeddude at the #Louisiana #GulfCoast:

COCODRIE, La. — Oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico unabated Saturday, and officials conveyed little hope that the flow could be contained soon, forcing towns along the Gulf Coast to brace for what is increasingly understood to be an imminent environmental disaster.

The spill, emanating from a pipe 50 miles offshore and 5,000 feet underwater, was creeping into Louisiana’s fragile coastal wetlands as strong winds and rough waters hampered cleanup efforts. Officials said the oil could hit the shores of Mississippi and Alabama as soon as Monday.

On Friday, as the first oil oozed ashore in Louisiana and the first birds were cleaned by volunteers, BP marked the end of another week of failing to shut off the source of the spill. Meanwhile, investigations into the cause of the explosion and fire continue. Here is a primer on what has gone wrong:

WASHINGTON --Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, is hosting a powerful congressional delegation largely from the House Armed Services Committee, which will be touring Gulf Coast shipyards for the next three days with a Friday visit to Pascagoula's Ingalls

All of Pearlington was submerged during Hurricane Katrina, a circumstance created by its close proximity to the Gulf and the river while sitting directly underneath the eye of the storm. Every building flooded and the community had an estimated average st

letter to The Boston Globe

A boy named Isaiah Polk went off one day to see what he could see. He scaled a chain-link fence at the back of his tired FEMA trailer park, where fetid water gathers, and escaped into woods declared off-limits by his mother after reports of poisonous snak

Affordable housing and disaster insurance topped the legislative wish list of almost 20 Gulf Coast business people visiting Mississippi's congressional delegation Thursday.

Three new condominium developments are open and at least 30 others are proposed or under construction along Mississippi's Gulf Coast.

New Orleans — More than 20 months after Hurricane Katrina, many communities in Mississippi and Louisiana are still haggling with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over how much money the government will reimburse them for debris removal and infr

New Orleans trails Gulf Coast communities in hurricane recovery because of a failure of local leadership and a lack of affordable housing, a report issued by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana and the Rockefeller Institute of Government.