Posts with tag hurricane katrina

How do renters protect themselves from natural disasters? Joyce Jones was living in New Orleans in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. She evacuated before the levees broke, but her rental apartment was all but in shambles when she returned to it three weeks later. "I didn't have any coverage so I just lost everything," she... Continue Reading »

On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the winds of change are still blowing in the Big Easy. The affordability of housing in the New Orleans area is worse than ever, due to the enduring damage of Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to the high costs of rebuilding apartment buildings and insuring them -- in a place where... Continue Reading »

Summertime is associated with barbecues, exploring the outdoors and trips to the beach. But it's also is a time when Mother Nature vents some of her most severe weather-related fury. Think your area is immune from bad weather conditions? There has been an increasing frequency of storms in the last 50 years and this year... Continue Reading »