How many people died in New Orleans as a result of Katrina?
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As of March 20th, the confirmed death toll was 1,604 people.  But, nearly 2,000 people remain unaccounted for.  If the death toll does not change, Katrina will be the fifth-deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.\n\nThe Chicago heat wave is not a comprable event, mainly because the death toll was lower (only 739), it was spread out over a five-day period (whereas most of Katrina's damage was done in 48 hours), and many of the deaths in Chicago were preventable (had the government responded more effectively after the initial deaths began).
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There is no assurance that New Orleans will be hit by another hurricane, just as there is no assurance they won't be.  While I'm not a psychic, from previous years and studies of hurricanes, it's very unlikely that another hurricane will hit them this year and even more unlikely that a large hurricane will hit.\n\nMany younger adults, mostly people in their twenties, are taking advantage of the large amount of homes available for sale.  While the homes need much repair, a recent college graduate who was looking at a small house in another large city can afford to buy a big house in New Orleans and then renovate it for the same price.  While home insurance is expensive in the city, the price of the home, repair, and insurance still doesn't meet what you'd pay somewhere like California.\n\nThere's also the fact that many people don't have a choice to live somewhere else.  While many people have moved out of the city, most of the people that were displaced by the storm are extremely poor.  They didn't own their homes, many didn't have insurance, and Fema has drastically cut the amount of aid they are giving to people.  However, many of the cities they have been living with are also cutting off aid and so they are forced to return to their broken homes, the only thing they own, and attempt to rebuild (they certainly can't sell their homes in the state in which they are in). \n\nFinally, New Orleans is still a major shipping and oil port and people are needed to work the jobs to get things on and off ships.  My mother's oil company has actually offered large amounts of money and incentives to get people from her KY office to move down there and work.  Hope this helps explain things.
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True Story:   I stayed at home in New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, had plenty of supplies, food, water, cat food, etc.  There were 6 other people in my apartment building who also stayed.  3 of them were just as prepared as I, the other 3 had decided at the last minute to ride out the storm and thus had very little supplies.  When the flooding began, and we realized we were going to be stuck for a while, the 3 with no supplies immediately ate and drank all they had.  The other 3 kept to themselves and didn't share anything.  I took a hard look at what I had and decided it would be in my best interest to at least appear social, in case things got nasty later (these people were drug addicts with no drugs and becoming irate) so I gave them some of what I had and I pretended it was ALL I had.  I saw how they had been so wasteful with their own stuff.  I hoarded most of my food and water and never let them know just how much I did have.  Two days into the flood, they looted a bed and breakfast down the street, and they looted a pharmacy for drugs.  They shared the food from the B&B with me, because they thought I had shared my last with them.   After a week, I was forcibly evacuated onto a bus.  I carried with me the food I thought would be portable, crackers and tuna fish.  The other people on the bus had been removed from a hospital and hadn't eaten in three days.  I gave them everything I had, walked up and down the bus aisle in the dark, handing out crackers and holding out cans of tuna for people to dip into.  I'll never forget that trip.  So, to answer your question, the idea of charging money never entered my head.  My only concern was how long my supply would last.
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I'm not sure that we know. The sources I found said that 30,000 people died, but there are "no detailed records."
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I survived Rita, the hurricane that LEVELED lower Southwest Louisiana, which has a high population of elderly people. I get so sick of hearing about Katrina. All of the hurricanes were bad. Anyway, The Red Cross was helpful, however, the church groups and groups of students using their spring breaks in the clean up effort here has been so awesome. I don't know what happened to the Red Cross. But I have faith in humanity again!!!
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Sorry to report that Chalmette Louisiana was destroyed by hurricane Katrina.  The Griffins probably no longer have a house, much less a phone.  Many homes in this area are being demolished, and the area is considered unsafe to rebuild at this time.  I had relatives in Chalmette. I still don't know their whereabouts.
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AS A VICTIM OF FEMA AND THE RED CROSS AS WELL AS KATRINA THE BEST THING THATS HAPPENED IS THE PRIVATE VOLUNTEER GROUPS!  HERE ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST THEY ARE DOING MIRACLES!  WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!  BUT WITHOUT JUST THE DONATED HELP WE WOULD BE DEAD!\n\nFORGET ANY FORMAL HELP!  THE GOVERNMENT HELP IS REBUILDING THE ROADS AND BRIDGES AND INTRASTRUCTURE!  BUT PERSONAL HOMES ARE FROM VOLUNTEER HELP ALONE!\n\nON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RIGHT NOW THERE IS A YAHOO GROUP COORDINATING ALL THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES, IT IS LISTED BELOW!\n\nTHEY NEED ANY HELP YOU CAN FURNISH CONTACT THEM!\n\n\nAPS\n\nKatrinaVolunteersHancockCounty@yahoogroups.com
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Population, before Hurricane Katrina: around 457,000\nPopulation, now: between 192,000 and 220,000
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I live in San Antonio, TX. While I wasn't directly hit by the hurricane, I definitely felt its aftermath. In addition to the HUGE exodus of people from the Gulf Coast that came in, causing heavier traffic, food shortages in certain areas, and other issues, I lost two very good friends to the floodwaters in New Orleans (They were two brothers from a family who's been friends with my family since time immemorial). One fell into the water trying to put their grandparents onto the roof to escape the flood, and we're not sure what happened to the other, just that he was found floating around in someone's neighborhood. There's also a huge long heartbreaking story involving the third of these brothers and myself that is a result of this flood: in a nutshell, I love him, I thought he loved me, I took him and his family in when they came to SA, he went back to find his other brothers and came home married to a girl he'd known for two weeks.\n\nSo yeah, that's how I was affected.
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yep, it makes sence.\n1)  Katrina was a fluke.  It is something that engineers expect to see once every 100-200 years.  No reason to waste time & resources planning for such a rare occasion.  It would cost more to plan for that event than to rebuild.\n2)  New Orleans is a very important port city because of its access to the Mississippi river.  Lots of shipping to midwestern states.\n3)  There is too much pride in our government to ignore one of our own cities when billions of our tax money goes to helping other countries deal with similar tragedies.\n4)  There is a lot of money to be made in the new New Orleans.  This is a chance to adjust zoning laws to attract new businesses.\n5)  The failure to respond exposed massive city corruption that will be corrected so that the city will have a second chance to prosper instead of being dragged down by red tape.  This will also attract more businesses to the city.\n\nIf America was to abandon every city that was struck by tragedy these cities would not exist today:\nWashington, D.C. - War of 1812\nSan Francisco - Earthquake\nChicago - Fire\nAtlanta - Civil War
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2500+....3000+ killed on 9/11.....58,000 killed in Vietnam.....200,000 killed in WWII....400,000 killed in the US Civil War......40,000 killed on US Highways every year.\n\nIn perspective, it's well worth it, IMO.
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Hey Blondey. You can find heaps of information just by using the Yahoo! search engine. Just type in "Hurricane Katrina".\n\nI just did a presentation on Katrina last week, myself. \n\nKatrina made landfall on Monday, August 29, 2005. It came ashore just east of Grand Isle, Louisiana, at 6:30 A.M. E.T. (eastern time). Katrina was a category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds on Saturday, Aug. 27th- but by Sunday, it had intensified to a Category 5 storm, with winds of 160 mph.\n\nThe president of the New Orleans city council estimated that more than 100 people in the city were stranded on their rooftops or in their attics, because there was up to 14 feet of floodwaters in and around their homes (reported by Dave Cohen of CBS radio affiliate WWL).\n\nSome facts that support the government response:\n\n1. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and other search and rescue units were in New Orleans or elsewhere in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama on Monday, after the storm passed out of the area. \n\n2. The full extent of the devastation to the Gulf Coast Region and the levee breaches in New Orleans were not known until Tuesday.\n\n3. A convoy of about 500 buses reached the Superdome late Wednesday.\n\n4. The first of 500 busloads of evacuees reached Houston early Thursday.\n\nThere was a lot of criticism towards the government's response to Katrina, as well. Do a little research, and you will find plenty of things to talk about. Good luck!
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I do believe we went to make it better. We removed Saddam from power - a true mad man. The people are more free than they have been in a decade. The numbers who came out to vote prove that they feel more free. The women have quit wearing the horrid black coverings from head to toe & gone back to school - something illegal before. The violent death toll is 25.1 out of 100,000 - 1/2 of New Orleans before Katrina at 54.6 out of 100,000. Yes I have to agree it is working, not at the speed we want, but nothing is ever fast enough for us Americans.
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no, New Orleans was a hazard waiting to happen and nothing substantial should have ever been developed there, the people who lived there were in danger the whole time they've been there, it was just simply overlooked
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In 2005 846 coalition forces died, meaning that there were roughly 56 deaths per 100,000 military personnel. By contrast, there were, according to preliminary figures 16,475 murders in the US, meaning there were 5.56 murders per 100,000 people.
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A failure? I would call it a horrific farce. I mean bad enough it was celebreties going down there to get people out of New Orleans instead of the government(Thank the Godess for people like Sean Penn) but the fact that there was NO follow up...I mean COME ON!!! How many were turned out of their hotel rooms and shelters with NO place to go? It makes me sick to my stomach. Where is the humanity???
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I have been through Lafeyett,La. Not much their. La. Got hit so hard by Katrina Hurricane, they all have not recovered yet, I would wait another 1-2 before moving their.