Gulf Coast
August 27, 2008 -
I and other Institute staff have gone to the Gulf Coast over 20 times since Katrina struck three years ago for our Gulf Watch project.
August 26, 2008 -
By: Jordan Flaherty Guest Contributor
August 26, 2008 -
By: Bill Quigley Guest Contributor 0. Number of renters in Louisiana who have received financial assistance from the $10 billion federal post-Katrina rebuilding program Road Home Community Development Block Grant - compared to 116,708 homeowners.
August 25, 2008 -
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the world's media has lost sight of the ongoing problems in New Orleans, reports the UK's Independent, underscoring that "one of the world's most cataclysmic natural disasters, one made worse by official incompetence and corruption,
August 25, 2008 -
The Mississippi Sun Herald reports that Mississippi's coastal cities are showing varied levels of recovery. According to the Sun Herald:
August 25, 2008 -
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast three years ago, we've reported extensively on the factors that contributed to making the storm one of the worst disasters ever to afflict the United States.
August 25, 2008 -
The Associate Press reports that the Department of Defense plans on hiring an independent engineering company to review allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a warning that they might fail