Hurricane Katrina came ashore 20 years ago today. The rescue efforts in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were infamously challenging and chaotic. Here’s Andrew Greenstein
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Katrina produced catastrophic flooding, not only in New Orleans, but also in Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes. Once the storm passed, the mission was to get thousands of stranded people, some of them living on rooftops, out of the flooded waters and onto dry land. Governor Kathleen Blanco’s communications director at that time, Bob Mann says the federal government was not much help.
Governor Blanco took a lot of criticism for the state’s response to Katrina and that was a major factor in her decision not to run for re-election.
There is some good news today. This is the lowest gas prices have been for a Labor Day weekend in five years. Triple-A’s Don Redman says the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.79, which is 20 cents lower than a year ago. And he says once we move into September, he expects prices to decline again.