When the Levee Breaks

[Jcrowley]

Run time: 00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Ny9_CrUVY   Posted on YouTube: April 25, 2006 By YouTube Member: juancastro Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 22, 2006 By DU Member: Jcrowley Views on DU: 514

 
The Levee's still broke.

Hurricane Katrina displaced 1,100,000 people. Even though this video was made last year, the same sights can still be seen on the Gulf Coast today. Homes - entire neighborhoods - still need gutting. People who want to rebuild can't afford to because insurance rates are, in many cases, more than monthly payments. People are living behind fences in FEMA trailer camps. The city is siding with wealthy developers by closing public housing that had been rehabilitated by Common Ground citizen collective. Violent crime is high, police protection low.

6.4 million Americans requested emergency food assistance from America's Second Harvest in impacted states following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - and as of June 12, 2006, Second Harvest had served 65.2 million meals. The need for meals is now still 50% higher than it had been in August 2005.

http://www.secondharvest.org/learn_about_hunger/katrina_rita_study.html

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