Under the Superdome
Approximately 100,000 residents of New Orleans could not evacuate before the storm hit. Over 20,000 people took shelter in the Superdome. The structure began to fall apart after the first night. The military arrived to evacuate them a few days after the storm began. Meanwhile, they did not have enough medical supplies, food, clean water, or toilets.
Michael Appleton/New York Daily News
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Evacuation
Cars carrying residents leave downtown New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. A couple hundred thousand residents were scattered across the nation for weeks, even months before returning home. Some never came home at all.
Rick Wilking
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Post-Katrina Gentrification
Richard Campanella
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2520 Deslondes Street
Many chose not to return to New Orleans after the city was cleared of water. The homes were destroyed and it would be too expensive to repair them. Unfortunately, many historic homes and buildings were simply left or bulldozed. This home is one such example.
Robert Polidori
2005
Plea For Help
People left messages throughout the city calling for help. They hoped that Search and Rescue teams would spot the pleas and help them evacuate.
Thomas Neff
11/17/2005
After the Flood
Robert Polidori
2005