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Houston Health Providers To Use Social Media Location Data In Disaster Response
Posted on · Facebook will provide anonymized data to Houston health organizations
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After Harvey, Sandy And Katrina: How Long Should It Take To Get Relief?
Posted on · “In just a couple of months after Sandy, in New York there were 19,000 homes repaired compared to fewer than 4,000 in Texas,” a reporter with the Associated Press says
Hurricane Harvey
After Katrina Missteps, Texas Pushes To Get Harvey Evacuees Their Prescriptions
Posted on · Almost exactly 12 years ago today, Texas was sheltering people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The relief effort hit a lot of snags, and relief workers...
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Remembering Katrina: Friday’s Show (August 28, 2015)
Posted on · Ten years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. On this edition of Houston Matters, we look back. We hear the accounts of Houston Chronicle photographers Melissa Phillip and Brett Coomer, recalling the lead-up to Katrina, the storm itself and the aftermath. They were at the New Orleans Superdome and the […]
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New Orleans Mayor: Houstonians Opened Up Their Arms For Hurricane Katrina Victims
Posted on · New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu visited Houston Thursday to thank the city for hosting evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
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10 Years Since Katrina: When The Astrodome Was A Mass Shelter
Posted on · Earlier this year, Houston celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Astrodome. This month marks 10 years after the Dome's critical role in hosting evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
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Displaced By Katrina, Some Found Solace In New Towns
Posted on · When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, people scattered. Some decided to stay in their "new towns." In Houston, members of one New Orleans church created a new church with their old members.
Houston Matters
Houston Hosts Mardi Gras Festivities for Katrina Evacuees
Posted on · For the first time Houston is hosting its own Mardi Gras in the form of the Houston Creole Festival and Mardi Gras Parade. Before you natives of New Orleans get upset about yet another Mardi Gras festival that is not THE Mardi Gras on Bourbon street, this one is being organized specifically for Katrina evacuees […]
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Trauma Lingers For Katrina Evacuees In Houston, Five Years Later
Posted on · Five years after Hurricane Katrina, it's estimated that as many as 50,000 evacuees from New Orleans still live in the Houston area. David Pitman has the story of one evacuee who has successfully made a new life for herself here, but the scars from Katrina still remain.
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Katrina Photo Exhibit Opens In Houston
Posted on · The five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is almost here. The natural disaster and everything that followed is being remembered in a traveling photography exhibit, Those Who Fell Through the Cracks. It opened here in Houston and Bill Stamps has the story.
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Katrina Evacuees Now on Their Own
Posted on · Three years after Hurricane Katrina and there are still people getting housing assistance here in Houston. But that comes to an end this month. Bill Stamps more.