Three Years After Hurricane Katrina, Review/New Storm Nears

It's almost like history is trying to repeat itself in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi as almost three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of this area, another major hurricane is approaching. Over the past three years, many things in and around New Orleans have been rebuilt, while miles and miles of former neighborhoods that were constructed below sea level sit almost untouched as rotting homes and abandoned buildings waste away to nothing. Now a new hurricane in heading right for New Orleans - but this time city, state and federal authorities say they are ready to get people out of harms way and not trap them in a single location like was the case during Hurricane Katrina.

It was only a couple of weeks after Hurricane Katrina caused massive destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi that I first started writing this blog. I still remember the anger that I felt down deep inside as I watched people that were stranded by water on all sides sit by day after day begging for the government to come to their assistance without a positive result from FEMA and the Bush administration. During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush suffered a body blow to his reputation as a sound and good leader as his administration fumbled the ball on numerous occasions and then tried to blame their ill planning on both city and state officials in Louisiana.

Now it is the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and within the next few months the American people will elect another President of the United States. When Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast back in 2005, the public approval rating of President Bush was somewhere around 50%. However, over the past three years that public approval rating has gone though the basement as Americans of all political persuasions have turned on the leadership style of President Bush and the people he has appointed to help Americans that face disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Over the next few days, some in the news media will only call attention to what is still wrong in New Orleans, but to be fair and honest - many businesses and neighborhood have been rebuilt and most certainly New Orleans is better prepared for the next hurricane than it was when Katrina almost tore it completely apart.

Title: Three Years After Hurricane Katrina, Review/New Storm Nears
Written: August 28 2008
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