Within hours of #HurricaneKatrina’s landfall in 2005, floodwaters inside the #NewOrleans jail had risen from knee-high to chest-high.
The people trapped in the cells – 90% of them Black – began to fear that they’d been abandoned and left to drown.
#LivingInTheWake #Katrina20
The people trapped in the cells – 90% of them Black – began to fear that they’d been abandoned and left to drown.
#LivingInTheWake #Katrina20
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Within hours of #HurricaneKatrina’s landfall in 2005, floodwaters inside the #NewOrleans jail had risen from knee-high to chest-high.
The people trapped in the cells – 90% of them Black – began to fear that they’d been abandoned and left to drown.
#LivingInTheWake #Katrina20
The people trapped in the cells – 90% of them Black – began to fear that they’d been abandoned and left to drown.
#LivingInTheWake #Katrina20
In 2005, #HurricaneKatrina's destruction impacted #NewOrleans' 2006 municipal elections with delays & severely depressed voter turnout.
As severe storms continue, Katrina's impact must be a lesson for us to prioritize election resiliency.
Revisit #LivingInTheWake: https://bit.ly/3JMHCdC
As severe storms continue, Katrina's impact must be a lesson for us to prioritize election resiliency.
Revisit #LivingInTheWake: https://bit.ly/3JMHCdC
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In 2005, #HurricaneKatrina's destruction impacted #NewOrleans' 2006 municipal elections with delays & severely depressed voter turnout.
As severe storms continue, Katrina's impact must be a lesson for us to prioritize election resiliency.
Revisit #LivingInTheWake: https://bit.ly/3JMHCdC
As severe storms continue, Katrina's impact must be a lesson for us to prioritize election resiliency.
Revisit #LivingInTheWake: https://bit.ly/3JMHCdC
#HurricaneKatrina's impact on #NewOrleans revealed that natural disasters don’t impact everyone equally.
🏚️ Predominantly Black neighborhoods were hit the hardest.
📈 Housing costs, displacement and homelessness soared.
❤️🩹 Recovery programs left too many behind.
#Katrina20 #SPLCLA #LivingInTheWake
🏚️ Predominantly Black neighborhoods were hit the hardest.
📈 Housing costs, displacement and homelessness soared.
❤️🩹 Recovery programs left too many behind.
#Katrina20 #SPLCLA #LivingInTheWake
September 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#HurricaneKatrina's impact on #NewOrleans revealed that natural disasters don’t impact everyone equally.
🏚️ Predominantly Black neighborhoods were hit the hardest.
📈 Housing costs, displacement and homelessness soared.
❤️🩹 Recovery programs left too many behind.
#Katrina20 #SPLCLA #LivingInTheWake
🏚️ Predominantly Black neighborhoods were hit the hardest.
📈 Housing costs, displacement and homelessness soared.
❤️🩹 Recovery programs left too many behind.
#Katrina20 #SPLCLA #LivingInTheWake
Twenty years after #HurricaneKatrina’s catastrophic levee failures—submerging 80% of New Orleans and claiming hundreds of lives—the storm remains more than a natural disaster. Read more here: http://bit.ly/45SonXm
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Twenty years after #HurricaneKatrina’s catastrophic levee failures—submerging 80% of New Orleans and claiming hundreds of lives—the storm remains more than a natural disaster. Read more here: http://bit.ly/45SonXm
A 76 mile federal shipping channel in Louisiana damaged over 1 million acres of coastal habitat & funneled #HurricaneKatrina’s storm surge directly into New Orleans.
Tell USACE to restore the wetlands destroyed by this ill-conceived federal channel! support.nwf.org/page/86793/a...
Tell USACE to restore the wetlands destroyed by this ill-conceived federal channel! support.nwf.org/page/86793/a...
Urge the Army Corps of Engineers to Make it Right
Twenty years after Katrina, Louisiana is still waiting.
The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) wasn’t just a shipping shortcut — it was a manmade disaster. This federal channel carved through more t...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A 76 mile federal shipping channel in Louisiana damaged over 1 million acres of coastal habitat & funneled #HurricaneKatrina’s storm surge directly into New Orleans.
Tell USACE to restore the wetlands destroyed by this ill-conceived federal channel! support.nwf.org/page/86793/a...
Tell USACE to restore the wetlands destroyed by this ill-conceived federal channel! support.nwf.org/page/86793/a...
Disaster protection requires investment and planning.
Yet, as #HurricaneKatrina’s 20th anniversary nears, #FEMA’s future is uncertain. To save lives, we need to upgrade flood systems and build climate readiness.
@rhersher.bsky.social writes more 👇
www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...
Yet, as #HurricaneKatrina’s 20th anniversary nears, #FEMA’s future is uncertain. To save lives, we need to upgrade flood systems and build climate readiness.
@rhersher.bsky.social writes more 👇
www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...
Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back
The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Disaster protection requires investment and planning.
Yet, as #HurricaneKatrina’s 20th anniversary nears, #FEMA’s future is uncertain. To save lives, we need to upgrade flood systems and build climate readiness.
@rhersher.bsky.social writes more 👇
www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...
Yet, as #HurricaneKatrina’s 20th anniversary nears, #FEMA’s future is uncertain. To save lives, we need to upgrade flood systems and build climate readiness.
@rhersher.bsky.social writes more 👇
www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...
Twenty years after #HurricaneKatrina’s catastrophic levee failures—submerging 80% of New Orleans and claiming hundreds of lives—the storm remains more than a natural disaster. Read more here: http://bit.ly/45SonXm
September 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Twenty years after #HurricaneKatrina’s catastrophic levee failures—submerging 80% of New Orleans and claiming hundreds of lives—the storm remains more than a natural disaster. Read more here: http://bit.ly/45SonXm
Today thinking of #JamychealMitchell and #EmmettTill and all the victims of #HurricaneKatrina's human-made suffering. Lives. Matter.
December 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Today thinking of #JamychealMitchell and #EmmettTill and all the victims of #HurricaneKatrina's human-made suffering. Lives. Matter.