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Desolation Rownew

In the ruins of coastal Mississippi, uncertainty reigns supreme.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-06-2006 |
Disasters
Desolation Rownew

Hard times abound in the Big Easy, as crackheads, carpenters and churchmen rebuild their own New Orleans.
Nashville Scene |
William Dean Hinton |
01-25-2006 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
It Takes a Villagenew

A Texas woman helps 25 Sri Lankan families rebuild their homes and their lives.
San Antonio Current |
Susan Pagani |
01-25-2006 |
Disasters
Katrina Relief's Unlikely Alliancenew

Rainbow Tribe and Christian Church members successfully teamed up to feed and heal Katrina victims, to even their surprise.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Renee Rosensteel and Marty Levine |
01-11-2006 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Leaving

For those not returning to New Orleans, the unspoken question they get from old neighbors is "How dare you abandon us?" 10th in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
11-07-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Ground Zero

Evacuees of New Orleans are drawn to the 17th Street levee breach the way New Yorkers were drawn to Ground Zero. It is a place to contemplate in anger that much of the devastation of their city need not have happened. Ninth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-31-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Calculated Risks

Environmental activists in St. Bernard Parish are doing their own tests for contamination after Hurricane Katrina. Eighth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-24-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Submerged
Going South to Save Companion Animalsnew

Our president and most media reports say life is improving along Mississippi's Gulf Coast since Katrina struck. They should ask the people who have to live there. An animal rescue mission reveals the human chaos still churning in the hurricane zone.
Tags: FEMA, katrina hurricane
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Sugarcane Academy

A one-room schoolhouse for evacuees' children will reopen in New Orleans next month, signaling families' desire to return to the damaged city. Seventh in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-17-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Normal

For the poor of New Orleans, suffering trauma was normal -- even before the hurricane. The new New Orleans is called upon to do better for them. Sixth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-10-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Toxic Art

No one wants New Orleans' music to end, but what will sustain the cultural life of the city now that neighborhoods where the artists lived are in ruins? Fifth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Back from the Dead

New Mexico State Police return home with gruesome stories of their mission of providing security for body recovery teams in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward neighborhood.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
09-28-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: The New New Orleans

An evacuee who returns to New Orleans discovers how complicated and hazardous it can be to accomplish even a simple mission like feeding a friend's cat. Fourth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
09-26-2005 |
Disasters
'The Kindness of Strangers'

When hurricane, flood and looting engulfed the Crescent City, Oklahoma's Thunderbirds were among those who flew in to turn the tide. This is one account.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
09-21-2005 |
Disasters
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Just a Little While to Stay Here

Even in evacuation, New Orleans is a city divided by race. Third in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
09-19-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cajundome