1. Hard Times for ‘The Big Easy’ Just eight months after the Asian tsunami, the world is again humbled by the power of nature. This event, however, makes us ask new questions ……. about human nature and American society. VV ’05
2. The Location of New Orleans New Orleans is in the state of Louisiana. It is located on the delta of the Mississippi River about 170km from its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico Florida Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River
31. But with no means of evacuation, conditions continue to deteriorate for most of those still trapped in the city
32. 23,000 people take refuge in the New Orleans Superbowl without running water and adequate sanitation. Reports likened conditions to ‘a Third World refugee camp’
34. Four days after the storm US President George Bush flies over the city to view the catastrophe first hand ……. “ The enormity of the task requires more resources” “ In America we do not abandon our fellow citizens in their hour of need” “ Where our response is not working we will make it right. Where our response is working, we will duplicate it” “ The main priority is to restore and maintain law and order and assist in recovery and evacuation.”
38. The waters are slowly receding… And the grim task of searching buildings must begin.
39. “ The first few days were a natural disaster, the last four days were a man-made disaster” Phillip Holt, 51 New Orleans evacuee Photograph credits – ‘Der Spiegel’