Remember New Orleans 8 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina: 4 Years Ago 8-29-2005 Video Remembrance

Hurricane Katrina: Rain to Renaissance – YouTube Video
I couldn’t let August 29th go by without posting some remembrance for our many friends in New Orleans. Four years ago today Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and devastated New Orleans. I went down and volunteered [...]

The Old Man and the Storm – Hurricane Katrina documentary – Jan 6th on PBS

About a true hero of  Hurricane Katrina: Mr. Herbert Gettridge – airing January 6, 2009 and online. Six months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer June Cross came across 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge working alone on his home in the lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated when the levees broke in 2005. [...]

Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery – San Leon, Texas – Volunteer Trip

The recovery work continues -
From our facebook group, come visit us there:
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Continuing disaster relief efforts by Project417 team member Andy Coates

in September and October , there will be another volunteer trip to take part in the recovery work in Galveston County from December 13th [...]

Thousands a day seeking meals from Salvation Army in Galveston County

Galveston County Daily News, Oct. 6, 2008 GALVESTON: Tracy Czajkowski, a captain in the Salvation Army, said she and other volunteers from across the country hope to be the “shock absorbers” for Galveston residents who lost everything during the storm. Relief workers and volunteers, have gone from one disaster zone to another. At each place, [...]

After Powerful Hurricane, Rescuers Scour Ravaged Areas

Emergency officials struggled to carry out rescue efforts on Sunday after Hurricane Ike roared across a wide swath of Texas, deluging the city of Galveston and other coastal areas with a surge of water, leaving extensive damage across metropolitan Houston, and killing at least three people. Ike ravaged much of the Gulf coats including Louisiana, [...]

Devastating Hurricane Ike swamps Texas and Louisiana – Worse Than Katrina

By The Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas -Howling ashore with 177 kilometre-an-hour winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas and Louisiana coasts Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston’s skyscrapers and knocking out power to millions of people. At first light, it was unclear how many may have perished, and authorities mobilized for [...]

New Orleans Update – Hurricane Ike Headed for Texas Coast – Louisiana Watchful

Latest reports are that Hurricane Ike, which battered Cuba with high winds and a five story storm surge, will make landfall on the Southeast Texas coast – Galveston Island to Houston area late friday, early Saturday. Currently rated category 2, but expected to pick up steam to category 3 at least before striking, Ike is [...]

Battered U.S. Gulf Coast Deserves Our Help

 
Project417 is trying to reach New Orleans to continue the relief and construction efforts started after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The media and public opinion though seem to have forgotten the magnitude of the work still left from Katrina’s devastation. 
 
August and September, 2008 serve to remind us that damaging hurricanes still threaten the region – [...]

Gulf Coast New Orleans Spared as Gustav Downgraded and Passes Through

Thankfully, Hurricane Gustav weakened before striking the gulf coast and passing New Orleans. According to news reports, Hurricane Gustav was downgraded to Category 2 hurricane before making landfall about a hundred miles to the south west of New Orleans in the Cajun bayou country of coastal Louisiana. Although Gustav packed a punch, with strong winds [...]

New Orleans, Gulf Coast Brace for Hurricane Gustav Monday, and Tropical Storm Hannah on its Heels

Hurricane Gustav will reach major hurricane status by the time it reaches the central Gulf coast early in the week. Uncertainty still remains about whether Hanna will add to the misery by late next week. The current forecast takes the eye of Gustav into the coast of Louisiana, west of the Mississippi Delta, late on [...]