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And the bands played on
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | about 4 hours ago
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The French claimed her, the Spanish won her and by the time she was bought by the English, New Orleans was already a grand old lady...Then on August 29, 2005, New Orleans was lashed by one of the biggest hurricanes the South had ever seen. "Katrina came...
Tags: Harlem of New Orleans, Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Po' boy, Hospitality Recreation, Napoleon House, Greater New Orleans, Gumbo, Polders, French Quarter
In tough economy, charity holiday meals feeding new faces
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Sitting at a table of strangers in a steamy gymnasium, Michael Brisco poked at turkey on his Styrofoam plate and reflected on the reversals that had buffeted his life these past few months. First, the 43-year-old truck driver was laid off from his job...
Tags: Michael Brisco, Bea Gaddy Family Center, East Baltimore, Baltimore, Thanksgiving, Hurricane Katrina, The Salvation Army, Meals, Unemployment
Lessons learned: Permanent housing finally debuts for those displaced by Gulf storms
Port Arthur :: TX :: USA | about 17 hours ago
Credibility If there was a lesson to be learned from the government's response to the series of hurricanes that battered the Gulf Coast beginning with Katrina in 2005, it was how not to respond to large natural disasters — especially when it came to housing. "There...
Tags: John Henneberger, Texas, Hurricane Rita, FEMA, Hurricanes Katrina, Katrina Cottage, Port Arthur, Gulf Coast, housed department, Tom Hatch, FEMA trailer, Hurricane Katrina, Henneberger, Houston, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Accident, Atlantic hurricane season
Renee Wilson CD release, film screening
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Though actress, singer and songwriter Rene� Wilson has never lived in Nevada County, her upcoming concert at the Center for the Arts will be something of a homecoming. Wilson is a recent bride to Nevada County native Aaron Snegg and her debut album will...
Tags: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Entertainment Culture, Atlantic hurricane season, Greater New Orleans, Human Interest
Katrina led special teams standout to Aggieland
College Station :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The more Hurricane Katrina zeroed in on his hometown in late August four years ago, the wider Lionel Smith's eyes grew in a Houston hotel room. “We were watching it on the news, and that's when we knew how serious it was,” Smith said. “We knew we weren't...
Tags: Lionel Smith, Katrina, College Station, Hurricane Katrina, Smith Magazine, Atlantic hurricane season, New Orleans
Gritty tale of revenge in 'NOLA'
Nola :: Italy | 2 days ago
Credibility Studios, a masked woman is seen staring down two police officers guarding a blockaded road that is elevated above a neighborhood now engulfed in water. The gritty art style and somber setting immediately set the tone and prepare the reader for a tale...
Tags: Nola Thomas, Chris Gorak, Italy, Nola, Down, Hurricane Katrina
I'm not turning producer: Katrina Kaif
New Delhi :: India | 2 days ago
Credibility Katrina Kaif has denied reports of her turning producer with a remake of French film "A la folie...pas du tout" and said she is happy with the way her acting career is shaping up. "I have no clue from where these rumours originate...There were reports...
Tags: Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, India, New Delhi, Hurricane Katrina, De Dana Dan, films, Katrina, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Entertainment Culture
High water may squelch bonfires
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Every year in the River Parishes, Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the beginning of a longtime tradition of building bonfires along the Mississippi River levee to light the way for Papa Noel on Christmas Eve. But Papa Noel may have to find his own way if...
Tags: New Orleans, Mississippi, Christmas bonfires, Bonfire, Fire, Levee, Preparations for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Betsy, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Geotechnical engineering, Disaster Accident
Katrina case raises costly question
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The recent ruling here by a federal judge confirmed what victims of Hurricane Katrina have been arguing the past four years: the catastrophic floods in 2005 were a manmade disaster, not a natural phenomenon. The landmark ruling blames negligence by the...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Garret Graves, coastal restoration, Louisiana, hurricanes katrina, federal government, Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Stanwood Duval, Mary Landrieu, Environment, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Atlantic hurricane season, Disaster Accident
Love Vandal: Hope In New Orleans
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Have you seen graffiti that’s kind of sweet (even if it is against the law)?
Tags: New Orleans, Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Katrina
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