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imageThousands Feared Dead in Catastrophic Hurricane and Flooding
New Orleans Photo courtesy of DirectNIC.com
by Indybay
Thursday, September 1st: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have found themselves variously homeless, stranded on roofs, or in shelters many miles from what they used to call "home." In advance of the storm, many people drove out of cities such as New Orleans, but the poor and people who did not have relatives in other areas were left behind to face Katrina. Corporate media has given a lot of attention to looting and prison ri...
Posted: Thu, Sep 1, 2005 12:47am PDT