Tag Archives: Katrina

First trial dates for FEMA trailer suits

The Associated Press 2/10/2009 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled the first four trials for a batch of lawsuits filed on behalf of hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to potentially toxic fumes while living in … Continue reading

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Katrina flood homes still dangerous – study conducted at LSU

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 A study conducted at the Louisiana State University (LSU) reveals that those homes which were flooded in the Hurricane Katrina disaster may contain dangerous levels of contaminants, including toxins from aerosols and released in gas and … Continue reading

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Families move into homes that Brad Pitt built – New Orleans

By Stacey Plaisance – The Associated Press – 12/02/2008 NEW ORLEANS – It was a bittersweet moment for Brad Pitt, walking through the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood where families were preparing to spend their first holidays since Hurricane Katrina. Those families … Continue reading

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Category 5 hurricane protection plan is delayed again – New orleans

by Mark Schleifstein – The Times-Picayune Saturday December 06, 2008 A long-delayed Army Corps of Engineers plan for protection against a Category 5 hurricane — a storm as large as or larger than Hurricane Katrina — will be delayed until at … Continue reading

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Greener Grounds – New Orleans – Brad Pitt and Co. – Make it Right Foundation

Continuing his efforts to turn the Lower Ninth Ward into an environmentally sustainable, largely solar-powered and “high-powered neighborhood,” Brad Pitt and Co. (through his Make it Right Foundation) today opened the most technologically advanced playground in North America.  Kellogg Park (so-named after … Continue reading

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