When the levee breaks
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Literal flood prevention is hard to come by and the Levee Board announced that it expects more than a fifty percent drop in property tax income. The larger, sturdier levees required to protect the city of New Orleans from category five hurricanes like Katrina and Rita are deemed to be expensive at $32 billion, though Hurricane Katrina cost $75 billion in property damage alone, and the reaction of leaders and administrators has been less than encouraging in urgent rebuilding measures.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2006
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Come hell or high water
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As a child hurricane was the most loved as it meant days off school and the parents downplayed their fears so well that no one could ever guess how nervous they were. However as a parent it is the other way around, since it means protecting the children from the storm and the relief of seeing family members safe is best expressed by clinging to each other and crying to get over the feeling of fear and insecurity.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2006
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The daze of Katrina
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The experience of rescuing two dogs during Hurricane Katrina is narrated. In the middle of staying in bed and praying for safety with danger to the house and car due to Katrina, the dogs were cared for and returned to their owner after the hurricane.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2006
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