Posts Tagged ‘ recovery ’

Building Bridges in Mississippi

Building Bridges in Mississippi

May 21, 2007

Took the journey to Amsterdam Noord today, to say hello to a visitor from Long Beach Mississippi. Yup, one half of the wonderful couple that I stayed with on the gulf coast, is here in Amsterdam for a few weeks. As we sat down and started to run down all...

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bm203 Door to Door in New Orleans

May 15, 2007

In an effort to shed more light on the situation that people are living in New Orleans today, this program focuses on the survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. By going door to door in some of New Orleans hardest hit parishes, they found out what issues...

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bm197 Pumps, Funds, and NOLA Bloggers

April 15, 2007

While I may have spent alot of time and energy going to New Orleans and getting into contact with organizations and volunteers to better understand the situation there, some of the best resources are right here on the internets. I'm speaking of the New Orleans bloggers, those keen observers...

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bm194 Insurance Companies Versus Gulf Coast Residents

bm194 Insurance Companies Versus Gulf Coast Residents

March 29, 2007

During the road trip through the gulf coast, I spent some time with a lovely couple who live in Long Beach, Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina not only destroyed their home, it also erased their entire neighborhood, devastating their community. However after the storm they faced another reckless force.....

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Fall Out Mississippi

Fall Out Mississippi

March 26, 2007

I arrived in Long Beach, Mississippi a little earlier than I expected. John and Jo, my hosts and local experts, were not home yet. Which allowed me to follow my nose and explore the barren landscape on my own. Some 35,000 people lost their homes along...

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