http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/upimage/RG9-5-1366_1_1_012.pdf

Text: Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath
Wednesday, September 27 th , 2006
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Treatment of African Americans
Treatment of low income citizens
Racism vs. Classism
Government reaction/lack of reaction
Future of New Orleans

Facts about Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest
hurricanes in the history of the United States.
• It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the
third-strongest land falling U.S. hurricane ever recorded.
• Katrina is responsible for 81.2 Billion dollars in damages and the
deaths of 1,836 people
• 80% of the city of New Orleans and 20% of the New Orleans
metropolitan area is below sea level
• There were 28 reports of levee failures the day Katrina made
landfall in New Orleans
• The destruction could have totally been prevented if necessary
precautions were made

What YOU can do!
Help put an end to homelessness in New Orleans! Stop the
demolition of public housing and the rebuilding of costlier homes!
Write to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
to protect public housing for the citizens of New Orleans
Go to www.katrinaaction.org
Click TAKE ACTION
Click CONTACT CONGRESS, FEMA, and EPA
Click PROTECT PUBLIC HOUSING IN NEW ORLEANS
Then follow instructions to send letter electronically