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Haiti Struggles After Violent Storm Season
As Ike hits Texas, it leaves Haiti in its wake, the fourth major storm this season to do so. Haiti is one of the world's poorest nations, and is ill-equipped to deal with this level of destruction on its own....
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1446 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
install electric lines once vs again, again, again, etc
Buried wires fare better in storm, but costly by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune Tuesday September 09, 2008, 9:20 PM Hurricane Gustav's winds had barely started blowing when the power went out at Kathleen Young's River Ridge home. The lights were out by 7 a.m. on the... Food stamps, day two...still learning by doing
The state secretary of Social Services took the blame this morning as confusion began to ease over getting emergency food stamps to tens of thousands of victims of Hurricane Gustav. Department of Social Services... 70 abandoned vessels pound flood walls during Gustav
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday concluded that Southern Scrap was responsible for every one of about 70 vessels that got loose in the Industrial Canal during Hurricane Gustav and began a formal investigation into... New Orleans foodstamps run short in hot sun
The food stamp distribution centers in Marrero, New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish were overwhelmed by applicants this morning and have stopped allowing new people to join the lines. The applicants turned away... Beautiful live oaks butchered by power crews, post-Gustav
It's very apparent the crews repairing the electric lines in New Orleans after Gustav blew through have no landscape architecture training. One area in the Seabrook neighborhood in Gentilly, along Franklin... One week of rest, now Ike...but we can rest some more
Hurricane Ike set to become Gulf storm, giving New Orleans about a week of rest since returning from Gustav. Looks like landfall near New Orleans on Friday, September 12. 9/6/08, 17:34, Ike is now... Power coming online, New Orleans returns
Looks like the electric company is getting its act together. http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/09/power_should_be_restored_in_gr.html Story says that within days all power will be... New Orleans kinda ready to re-open for Gustav evacuees
Some areas of the city are open and ready for returning evacuees of Gustav. At least 10,000 in New Orleans never evacuated and are finding few gas stations open and few grocery stores ready for business. My neighborhood is without power, but all other utilities... Haiti Hurricane Recovery Effort at Ti Goave
The news for the Haitian people is not encouraging as there are 3 tropical storms that could affect Haiti in coming days. Gustav took the lives of 77 Haitians, while Hanna has cost 11 lives since...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1809 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
Fidel Castro says Gustav like atomic bomb on Cuba
" 2008-09-03 18:45:03 - HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro likened Hurricane Gustav's destruction in Cuba to an atomic explosion, saying Wednesday it could mean billions of dollars in losses for the communist...Gustav leaves a difficult trail in its wake with others hot on its heels
Frustrated New Orleans residents who tried to return to their homes yesterday were turned away and told the city was not ready. People became stranded in parking lots or at roadblocks with nowhere else to go and... Civil rights museum, worth 6 hour drive
Although I did not drive six hours to Birmingham, Alabama to visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute it is well worth the time if I had. Only 6 exits farther from our New Orleans Gustav evacuation motel,... Storms Swirl in Atlantic, Floods Hit Haiti
Just as Hurricane Gustav appears to be subsiding, the next wave of Atlantic-formed tropical storms has begun to strike Haiti, the Bahamas, and the southeast American coastline. "Heavy rains flooded parts of...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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388 views | 29 recommendations | 5 comments
Why not leave New Orleans for good?
I have seriously thought about leaving New Orleans for good, now that Gustav has reminded me of the reality of Gulf Coast living. It's not quite the retirement shangri-la...remember all the deaths in... Top Members Today
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