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4 Years After Hurricane Katrina

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 30. Aug, 2009 in class and poverty, economic policy, environmental justice, human rights, katrina, mississippi, MS Gulf Coast, nola, race and racism

On August 29, 2005, the eye of Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Mississippi, and the western side of the storm grazed New Orleans. Five months after the storm, I visited the Mississippi Gulf Coast. According to a National Hurricane Center report on Katrina, “in many locations, most of the buildings along the coast were [...]

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Gustav

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 30. Aug, 2008 in breaking news, class and poverty, economic policy, katrina, MS Gulf Coast, nola, race and racism

Gustav is now a Category 4 hurricane. HAVANA, Cuba – Gustav has grown to a Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, U.S. forecasters said Saturday, as the storm pummeled a Cuban province, threatened Havana and led to the evacuations of more than 240,000 Cubans. The parallels to Hurricane Katrina three years ago are striking. [...]

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