Flood of Guilt. Rinker Buck.
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 40Business. Publisher: Hartford Courant, 2005ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Cost and standard of living | Disaster victims | Evacuation of civilians | Hurricane Katrina (2005) | New Orleans (La.) | Poverty -- Statistics | Urban poorDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As the biblical horrors of Hurricane Katrina's landfall on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast continued to unfold, one emotion beyond grief gripped Americans far from the disaster: embarrassment. America, which as promoted itself to the world as a beacon of hope and equality, was now revealed as a stumbling giant that couldn't rescue the thousands of its own citizens marooned in its most colorful city. For more than a century, New Orleans' vulnerability to just such a scenario was well known." (HARTFORD COURANT) The article discusses one of the poorest regions in the country which was tragically thrown into the spotlight by a hurricane that totally devastated this already struggling region.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Flood of Guilt, Sept. 11, 2005; pp. 1+.
"As the biblical horrors of Hurricane Katrina's landfall on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast continued to unfold, one emotion beyond grief gripped Americans far from the disaster: embarrassment. America, which as promoted itself to the world as a beacon of hope and equality, was now revealed as a stumbling giant that couldn't rescue the thousands of its own citizens marooned in its most colorful city. For more than a century, New Orleans' vulnerability to just such a scenario was well known." (HARTFORD COURANT) The article discusses one of the poorest regions in the country which was tragically thrown into the spotlight by a hurricane that totally devastated this already struggling region.
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