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Bush- "We will do what it takes!"
In
the aftermath, we have seen fellow citizens left stunned and uprooted, searching
for loved ones, and grieving for the dead and looking for meaning in a tragedy
that seems so blind and random. These
days of sorrow and outrage have also been marked by acts of courage and kindness
that make all Americans proud. Coast Guard and other personnel rescued tens of
thousands of people from flooded neighborhoods.
Hurricane
Katrina was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused extensive and severe
damage in the southeastern United States and will likely become the
worst natural disaster to hit the United States with major global economic
consequences caused by disruption of oil supplies, exports, and imports.
Disaster relief plans are in operation in the affected communities.
Some experts predict one million people could become homeless as a result
of the storm. Currently five million people are without power in the
Gulf Coast region, and it may be two months before all power is restored. The aftermath of the storm compounded problems. In particular, the breaching of some levees protecting New Orleans caused water to flow unabated into the city. Katrina may be the deadliest hurricane in the United States of America since the Galveston Hurricane. The Galveston hurricane of 1900 killed around 8,000 (possibly up to 12,000) people. Katrina was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused extensive and severe damage in the southeastern United States and will likely become the worst natural disaster to hit the United States with major global economic consequences caused by disruption of oil supplies, exports, and imports. Disaster relief plans are in operation in the affected communities. Some experts predict one million people could become homeless as a result of the storm. Currently five million people are without power in the Gulf Coast region, and it may be two months before all power is restored. Katrina is also expected to be the costliest natural disaster in United States history. Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that is still making its way across the Mid-Atlantic States. American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina’s destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands victims left homeless with critical necessities. By
making a financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, the Red Cross can provide shelter,
food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.
Salvation Army (800) SAL-ARMY (725-2769) Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6133 United
Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 554-8583
Hurricane
Categories
Water Availability - If winds are expected to reach category 3 or above, the Water Resources Superintendent will make a determination if the water needs to be turned off. Fill your bath tubs and buckets with water for flushing toilets in event water supply or electricity is turned off.
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Good evening. I am speaking
to you from the city of New Orleans -- nearly empty, still partly underwater and
waiting for life and hope to return. Eastward from Lake Pontchartrain, across
the Mississippi coast, to Alabama and into Florida, millions of lives were changed
in a day by a cruel and wasteful storm.
