Nov 01 Watch New Orleans Schools Before and After Katrina The New Orleans public school system, which suffered from corruption, internal scandals and structural problems before Hurricane Katrina, took a damaging hit from the storm. School officials say they will rebuild the system starting from scratch and hope to open… Continue watching
Oct 20 Passenger Rail Line, Green Space Mulled for Mississippi Renewal By PBS News Hour Mississippi residents packed into town hall meetings this week to offer their views of how to rebuild the coastline damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Investigating Broken Levees The Army Corps of Engineers sent a team of engineers to investigate the New Orleans levee failures after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Oct 17 Mississippi Approves Onshore Gambling as Biloxi Looks to Rebuild By PBS News Hour Jutting from the coastline in Biloxi, Miss., casino barges have brought a steady stream of revenue to the area and created thousands of jobs for the once depressed coastal community of some 50,000 residents. Continue reading
Oct 14 Experts Debate Long-term Environmental Impacts of Katrina By Admin, PBS News Hour More than 193,000 barrels of oil -- some 7 million gallons -- spilled along the Louisiana coastline in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. Continue reading
Oct 14 Planners Consider Future of New Orleans By PBS News Hour Officials in New Orleans, a city twice flooded by hurricanes in 2005, now face the challenge of rebuilding one of America's most unique cities while making it safe for residents to live and work. Continue reading
Oct 14 Case Study: Galveston, Texas By PBS News Hour The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina will reshape the communities along the Gulf Coast for generations to come, but as the city of Galveston, Texas can attest, it not the first time a major storm has changed the direction of… Continue reading
Oct 14 Massive Recovery Effort Raises Cost Concerns By Admin, PBS News Hour The devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast will require the largest recovery and rebuilding effort ever undertaken by the United States. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Hurricane Katrina Job Losses Two experts discuss the unemployment fallout from Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Oct 06 FEMA to Reassess No Bid Contracts Following Hurricanes By Admin, PBS News Hour The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reassess some no-bid contracts awarded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, acting FEMA head R. David Paulison said Thursday. Continue reading