Hurricane+Katrina

US Reaction:
====After destructive hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, US leaders had many quick decisions they needed to make. With thousands of survivors stranded without shelters, food, or their families, the question at hand was where to put them and keep as many people alive as possible. The governments plan to provide federal funds to families in need of house repair seemed to be a clear solution for many, however, it took six months to get passed by the Bush administration, and only a mere 28 families had received funds over a year later. As determined as each and every family is to rebuild their homes and their lives, individual courage was not enough to get the residents of Louisiana back to where they were. New Orleans, specifically, was an area of high poverty even before the storm hit. Afterwards, those rates sky rocketed. Programs are in place in many cities, not just New Orleans, to help families in poverty to move into neighborhoods and live nurtured lives, but the process is slow and will certainly take time to fully recover.====  [|News Coverage Video]