A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests - Their Wonders and the Perils They Face. Information on rainforests, biodiversity, and environmental concerns. Tropical Freshwater Fish: Information on tropical freshwater fish including species descriptions, tips on aquarium care, and more. Madagascar: Information on a country rich with culture and biodiversity. Travel Pictures: Pictures of wildlife and landscapes from around the world.

Please note: these pages are no longer being updated

Kentucky

Recent news articles mentioning Kentucky .

Students Met Chaos at New Orleans Airport Head-On 27 Sep 2005
Airport Business, Texas to help out, if needed, in Hurricane Rita ... for example, to help fight forest fires in Eastern Kentucky. ... placed on planes to be flown to shelters around the ...

Healthcare needs of hurricane-hit region being monitored by West ... 27 Sep 2005
WTN News, ...abuse facilities, federal medical shelters and a ... in a matter days after the hurricane has allowed ... including Arkansas, Arizona, Missouri, Virginia and Kentucky. ...

A nightmarish journey 27 Sep 2005
Kentucky.com, ...cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur, which lay in the path of Hurricane Rita. ... supposed to shuttle them to other vehicles that were headed for shelters away from ...

News For Your Web Site 27 Sep 2005
dBusinessNews Seattle (press release), ...housing units in Snohomish County, including 50 transitional-housing units for ... $1 million to assist in the critical needs of Hurricane Katrina survivors in the ...

Greenspan: Most homeowners in good shape 27 Sep 2005
Kentucky.com, Because Hurricane Katrina hit in late August, its full brunt was not completely ... Although his speech was devoted almost totally to the housing market, Greenspan ...

Differences in planning and reactions to Katrina, Rita are stark Sep 25, 2005
Kentucky.com, And dealing with Hurricane Rita, not everything went right, especially the chaotic mass exodus ... Those left behind were quickly rescued and housed in shelters. ...

Editorial notebook Sep 25, 2005
Kykernel.com (subscription), ...their affiliation with UK - housing, recreational opportunities ... their goals of improving education in Kentucky. ... regarding its coverage of Hurricane Katrina in ...

Area Modular Home Makers Tool Up for Gulf Recovery Sep 25, 2005
Lakeland Ledger, ...going to serve as temporary shelters and have ... Fleetwood's plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia ... recovery from Katrina continued, Hurricane Rita loomed ...

Houston comes back to life after hurricane Sep 25, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...for now a repeat of the gridlock that plagued the evacuation before Hurricane Rita ... the main freeways out of town, and buses had to deliver evacuees to shelters. ...

Black caucus focuses on Katrina's impact Sep 26, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...annual legislative conference, being held here just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. ... You go to an energy discussion, one on housing, on contracting opportunities ...

Charities hope giving doesn't falter Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky Post, Grossheim, housing development director for the Northern Kentucky Housing and Homeless ... times prevails again, particularly since the hurricane relief effort ...

Federal Gulf Coast response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 24 Sep ... Sep 25, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...other locations in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico ... health assistance for response to Hurricane Rita ... two 250-bed field medical shelters in College ...

Some Katrina victims won't return home Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...that more than 5,000 evacuees have trickled into Kentucky. ... For others, Hurricane Katrina was the last straw ... in the downtown New Orleans housing project where ...

Companies and Foundations Pledge $444-Million in Hurricane Relief Sep 23, 2005
Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) ...housing assistance to people in Kentucky, Ohio, and ... fund to help foster children affected by the hurricane. ... other services for distribution to shelters, to the ...

Local Priest Heads to Area Ravaged by Rita Sep 25, 2005
WKYT, Here in Kentucky, one local priest is grieving about the ... About 750 Hurricane Katrina evacuees were staying in Orange County shelters, making the ...

It could have been worse Sep 24, 2005
News Journal, West Virginia, Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and Oklahoma ... Dean said housing Hurricane Katrina evacuees had stretched the ... there were 19 shelters in Gregg ...

New set of storm evacuees arrives in Raleigh Sep 25, 2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News, Neither does Hurricane Rita, which caused more flooding ... System, including Georgia, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Kentucky. ... were scrambling to find housing for some ...

A new life, from scratch and donations Sep 25, 2005
Kentucky.com, Central Kentucky is now home to 255 families — made ... Within a week of Hurricane Katrina, while thousands were ... as a clearing house for available housing or jobs ...

Russellville church joins team for hurricane relief Sep 23, 2005
Ledger Independent, ...trips" bound for a church that is currently housing over 1,000 Hurricane Katrina victims. ... year round, and takes supplies to areas of Kentucky and West ...

Hundreds more evacuees coming to Kentucky Sep 23, 2005
WKYT, The Fayette County Health Department reports more than 300 hurricane evacuees are ... Christ of Later Day Saints are prepared to provide general shelters for the ...

Contributors to hurricane survivors deserve thanks Sep 24, 2005
Atchison Daily Globe, East Kansas Community Action Program, The Salvation Army, The Housing Authority, The ... Lodge, USD 409, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Subway, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Wal ...

FHLBank Cincinnati Board Approves $15 Million for Hurricane Victim ... Sep 21, 2005
PrimeZone (press release), ...$15 million fund over a two-year period to provide housing assistance to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina into the FHLBank district of Kentucky, Ohio and ...

A storm of emotions Sep 13, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...mental health professionals across the country since Hurricane Katrina uprooted ... is preparing for the arrival of Katrina survivors at Central Kentucky shelters. ...

27 patients from Texas land in Lexington Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, Joseph East, Central Baptist, University of Kentucky and Samaritan ... come to Lexington from the hurricane-ravaged Gulf ... city has room in church shelters for about ...

Health emergency declared for Texas, La. Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...urgent plea for help for local shelters caring for ... flooded, and largely abandoned, from Hurricane Katrina. ... preparation for Rita, Chertoff and Housing and Urban ...

Bush administration to expedite rent subsidies to evacuees Sep 23, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...to curb the homelessness created by Hurricane Katrina, the ... and families move from temporary shelters to more stable, safe and sufficient housing," he said ...

Houston tries to get drivers stuck on freeways into shelters Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, Still, the city had all the hallmarks of one about to be struck by a hurricane. ... The mayor said that those unable to refuel would be taken to shelters. ...

Feds mount broad aid campaign for Rita Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina nearly four weeks ago ... Dan Lloyd told Bush there were still some 61,000 people in shelters - down from a high of ...

Fort Pickett still may get some Gulf evacuees Sep 23, 2005
Richmond Times Dispatch, ...evacuees will go to Kentucky, where shelters are prepared ... line to take in evacuees after Kentucky, he said. ... fleeing the Gulf states because of Hurricane Katrina ...

Teacher introduces her students to France; awards flow Sep 24, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer, With potential of more damage by Hurricane Rita to ... 12 Huff Realty locations in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati ... Shelters are asking for people to concentrate on ...

Local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Sep 21, 2005
Cincinnati Post, ...residents to volunteer at local shelters and possibly ... clerical worker from the Northern Kentucky Health Department ... Miss., today to help with hurricane relief. ...

Regional bank will provide $15 million for evacuee housing Sep 21, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati said Wednesday it will provide $15 million to help meet housing needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Kentucky, Ohio and ...

SA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing 19 Sep 2005 Sep 19, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...of whether they are staying at shelters, hotels, or ... the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina allowing ... South Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky the number ...

Residents take refuge as Rita blasts Lafayette, La. Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, The gusts of wind sounded severe and the worst of Hurricane Rita's fury ... residents gathered around televisions and radios, bundled up in shelters, took refuge ...

Business digest Sep 21, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and the Kentucky Housing Corp ... exceeded its target of raising $3 million for Hurricane Katrina relief within ...

Bush visits FEMA before flying to Texas Sep 23, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...at the White House to begin assessing the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, which ... costs of $2,358 - based on national fair-market housing rates - for ...

Federal Home Loan Banks Support Hurricane Relief Efforts Sep 23, 2005
Business Wire (press release), ...provide housing assistance, also over and above its current AHP commitment, to persons displaced by the hurricane into the FHLBank district of Kentucky, Ohio ...

Local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky Post, ...to volunteer at local shelters and possibly ... Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Fire Department has ... in the cleanup following Hurricane Katrina. ...

Jack's Glass continues hurricane relief Sep 21, 2005
Erlanger Recorder, ...evacuees are housed in Red Cross shelters, but many ... The needs of those impacted by Hurricane Katrina are ... The Northern Kentucky community can continue to donate ...

Rita claims first victims; rains cause new flooding in New Orleans Sep 23, 2005
Kentucky.com, Many neighborhoods severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina on Aug ... they could - some moved into sturdy school buildings and other makeshift shelters, some pitched ...

'05 foreclosures, late payments are down Sep 24, 2005
Charlotte Observer, Gulf Coast states hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina are ... 2.8 percent of all loans), Kentucky (1.9 percent ... Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration and ...

Rita produces new crop of storm refugees Sep 23, 2005
Kentucky.com, DALLAS - Thousands of Texans fleeing Hurricane Rita battled hours of gridlock and shortages of gasoline and hotel rooms, arriving at shelters across the state ...

Pentagon sending 500 soldiers to Louisiana Sep 24, 2005
Kentucky.com, That eased some of the requirements for hurricane victims who seek Medicaid or other ... "We have thousands of people with no fuel or food, no shelters, no cots ...

Storm slaps Florida Keys, barrels toward Gulf Coast Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...left their homes or made plans to, including many who had already fled once, from Hurricane Katrina, and were living in shelters and temporary housing. ...

Feds promise to deliver fuel to evacuees Sep 23, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...said a series of measures would be announced Friday to speed delivery of federally supported transitional housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina, which hit ...

Hurricane-related briefs in Texas Sep 21, 2005
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), Judiciary Committee; Harold Rogers of Kentucky; Christopher Shays ... animals as they flee from Hurricane Rita. ... establish staging areas and temporary pet shelters. ...

Houston shelters evict Katrina evacuees as Rita nears Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...people, along with child care, health care, and help finding permanent housing and employment. The shelters - known together as the Hurricane Katrina Houston ...

Hurricane Rita turns Katrina aid workers into evacuees Sep 22, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...daily - will drive into Rita's disaster zone as soon as the hurricane passes, just ... far, has laid out $521 million already, much of it on temporary housing. ...

You Can Help: Ways to help with hurricane relief Sep 20, 2005
Winchester Sun, ...non-perishable food to take to shelters in Mississippi. ... for Personal Comfort Kits for victims of Hurricane Katrina in partnership with Kentucky Division of ...

Region braces for floods; winds may hit Category 2 Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...coast and opened 11 shelters in Villa Clara. In Havana, sewers were being cleared and supplies readied. In July, 16 people died when Hurricane Dennis struck ...

The Andrew Davidson Interview: Casino fixer gambling on win in UK Sep 26, 2005
Times Online, ...one river boat wiped out by Hurricane Katrina in ... his career based in Louisville, Kentucky, and likes ... river barge now?� — it’s housing homeless employees ...

Oregon and SW Washington Sep 20, 2005
kgw.com (subscription), Soon after the hurricane struck, FEMA officials said ... can play a role in building the permanent housing.". ... said the company's plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee ...

Locals plan Katrina aid Sep 20, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer, ...number invited - to discuss a one-day Hurricane Katrina benefit ... "I know there are some Northern Kentucky cities that ... In a few weeks, their shelters there won't ...

State agencies ready for Hurricane Rita disaster relief Sep 22, 2005
Southern Standard, The Kentucky/Tennessee division of the Salvation Army ... has applied lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina to ... Although American Red Cross shelters across the ...

Princeton, Kentucky Sep 19, 2005
Princeton Times Leader, ...co-sponsoring a NECESSITY DRIVE to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina ... Tuesday at 5:30 pm at the Housing Authority Community ... Contact the Kentucky Department of ...

Rita's worst skirts Key West; flooding reported Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, Fewer than 100 people sought refuge in Broward shelters, county officials said during ... as a tropical depression, a tropical storm and, ultimately, a hurricane. ...

Florida escapes relatively unharmed as Rita aims for Gulf Coast Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, More than 1,300 people were in shelters to the north in Miami-Dade and ... in Key West, shuttled dozens of residents to the Monroe County Hurricane Shelter at ...

Mexican states prepare for hurricane Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...the Gulf of Mexico set up shelters, reviewed evacuation plans and stocked food distribution centers Wednesday as a precaution in case Hurricane Rita should ...

SEC Report Sep 22, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...families and hurricane victims living in shelters, The (Baton ... into action Saturday against Western Kentucky so they ... 29 after being postponed by the hurricane. ...

FGCU student devotes thesis to Katrina relief; how you can help Sep 20, 2005
The News-Press, ...thesis,� said Katie Thompson, a Kentucky native who ... Greek Orthodox Archdiocese has a Hurricane Katrina Disaster ... working with a coalition of shelters in Dothan ...

FEMA Cancels Hurricane Evacuee Flights For Kentucky Sep 13, 2005
WKYT, Temporary shelters had been set up at several churches ... Centenary Methodist Church for Katrina victims that have already made it to Central Kentucky on their ...

National Guard Deployments Sep 20, 2005
ArmyTimes.com, ...from Norwich provided security at church shelters, community centers ... Total of nearly 450 Kentucky National Guard ... back to work on the hurricane relief efforts ...

Jim Mashek | Rev. Brooks, Bay St. Louis on the rebound Sep 25, 2005
Biloxi Sun Herald, Some have ventured back, in temporary housing. ... DC, and graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1978 ... communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and ...

CWS Launches National Katrina Evacuee Relocation Program Sep 23, 2005
Christian Post, ...the death toll from Hurricane Katrina to ... states, including Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, North ... Emergency Management Agency), HUD (Housing and Urban ...

La. governor asks FEMA for hotel rooms Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...officials Tuesday to begin moving hurricane evacuees from shelters to hotel rooms, urging the government to step up its efforts to provide permanent housing. ...

Hurricane evacuees making a home in western Kentucky Sep 17, 2005
Miami Herald, ...them far from the havoc of Hurricane Katrina and the hellish conditions of the city's emergency shelters. ... a summer camp in the woods of western Kentucky. ...

Fed raises interest rates, sending stocks down; Tempur-Pedic stock ... Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...could inflict further damage to an industry still reeling from Hurricane Katrina’s ... month, providing evidence that the nation’s red-hot housing market may ...

Housing construction falls for 2nd month Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, Hurricane Katrina is expected to have a short-term negative effect on housing by disrupting construction and sales activity in the devastated areas along the ...

Housing construction falls for 2nd month Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...construction totaled 2.01 million units in August, the eighth month out of the past nine that housing has been above the 2-million mark. Hurricane Katrina had ...

Galveston prepares to evacuate before Rita Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, Tennessee. Some shelters couldn't withstand a major hurricane and space might be needed for others for Rita evacuees, authorities said. ...

Louisiana Rescue Horse Shoeing Task Force Sep 23, 2005
TheHorse.com, ...horses that were abandoned after the devastating hurricane. ... 3. Campers & Trailers - Housing accommodations in that area ... Horse Center at the Kentucky Horse Park ...

FEMA: Evacuation flights to Kentucky suspended Sep 14, 2005
WHAS 11.com (subscription), Hurricane victims who are in shelters elsewhere would then be given the chance to relocate to Kentucky, he told the newspaper. ...

Harrison students pass test of heart Sep 25, 2005
Kentucky.com, If the family can't find permanent housing in that downtown area, they don't ... out their piggy banks and brought in more than $600 for hurricane Katrina relief ...

New Orleans braces for Rita, while putting recovery efforts on ... Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, Katrina evacuees are living in shelters that could ... facility can withstand only a Category 2 hurricane. ... Emergency Management Agency, are housing relief workers ...

Reconstruction tab poses risks Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, As the White House and Congress deal with hurricane victims and the economic impact ... rising inflation in recent weeks, as energy prices and the housing boom have ...

'Hurricane pets' find new homes at Adopt-a-Thon Sep 18, 2005
Louisville Courier-Journal, ...so far only a small number of hurricane pets have ... with them when they found temporary housing in Central Kentucky. ... South to some of the other shelters as they ...

Local hurricane relief efforts Sep 16, 2005
Kentucky Post, Kentucky, in conjunction with the Northern Kentucky Association of ... volunteer.united-e-way.org/hurricane-katrina/donate. ... that will be taken to shelters can be ...

Residents of Texas, Louisiana race to escape Rita Sep 22, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...belongings from their temporary homes in shelters and flee ... of the worst devastation from Hurricane Katrina ... of New Orleans, which had been housing police officers ...

Wine and dine with 'Passport to Literacy' Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky.com, Hurricane Katrina and develop action plans for potential disasters closer to home. Most workshop participants will be affiliated with Kentucky animal shelters, ...

Firms await word on mobile homes Sep 20, 2005
Akron Beacon Journal, Soon after the hurricane struck, FEMA officials said ... Thayer Long of the Manufactured Housing Institute in ... the company's plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee ...

FEMA says evacuation flights to Kentucky are suspended Sep 13, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...future flights would take people to shelters in Louisiana ... evacuees have made their way to Kentucky, he said ... Children displaced by the hurricane have enrolled in ...

Galveston officials call for mandatory evacuation Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, ...at 6 am CDT Wednesday to shelters about 120 ... then the Astrodome in Houston by Hurricane Katrina - couldn ... into the Cedar Terrace subsidized housing community in ...

Storm victim helps other victims Sep 20, 2005
Cincinnati Post, ...here just because of a hurricane," Hansen said. ... help from local landlords and housing authorities; services ... ve come to Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky had some ...

Editorial: Region steps up for evacuees Sep 22, 2005
Cincinnati.com, ...personal documents; find market-rate housing with help ... the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Apartment Association ... shown up at the Hurricane Katrina Service ...

USA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing 12 Sep 2005 Sep 12, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), HHS established a network of medical shelters, staffed by ... the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina allowing ... Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky the number ...

Most heed warnings as Rita closes in Sep 20, 2005
Kentucky.com, Said Knabb, the hurricane forecaster: ``We are expecting Rita to hurl some very ... About 800 people are currently in the four storm shelters open throughout the ...

How different groups feel about Katrina Sep 22, 2005
Kentucky.com, Three in four express little or no concern that shelters for refugees will bring increased crime to their areas or that hurricane victims will take jobs away ...

Mobile Home Industry Waiting on FEMA Sep 19, 2005
Leading The Charge, ...produce cities of mobile homes for Hurricane Katrina victims ... play a role in building the permanent housing.". ... the company‘s plants in Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee ...

Ways To Help Hurricane Katrina Victims Locally Sep 17, 2005
Lex 18, Fayette County residents wanting to offer housing or materials ... & Auto Service Centers in Central Kentucky will donate ... 17 to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina ...

Gulf Coast companies weigh whether to return Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky.com, My dad, David Oreck, founded this company 40 years ago and I'm not going to let a hurricane destroy what he created.". ... Many workers will not have housing. ...

Rita unleashes Category 5 fury over Gulf Sep 21, 2005
Kentucky.com, Rita also forced some Katrina refugees to flee a hurricane for the second time in ... Charles, near the Texas state line, were being bused to shelters farther north ...





American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW
Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575
Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY
Habitat for Humanity -- (800) HABITAT
The United Way -- (800) 272-4630
Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431
ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923
Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM

More hurricane coverage
    Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane September 16, 2005
    A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and flooding.

    Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years September 16, 2005
    The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The shift occurred as global sea surface temperatures have increased over the same period. The research appears in the September 16 issue of Science.

    Hurricane Katrina to cost Louisiana fisheries $1.1 billion September 13, 2005
    The Louisiana Department and Wildlife and Fisheries' preliminary estimates indicate a potential $1.1 billion loss in retail fisheries revenue over the next year and an additional $150 million loss in oyster revenue in the second year due to Hurricane Katrina damage.

    Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 2005
    San Diego has been hit by hurricanes in the past and may be affected by such storms in the future according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While a hurricane in San Diego would likely produce significantly less damage that Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, it could still exact a high cost to Southern California especially if the region was caught off guard.

    Personal account of hurricane destruction along Mississippi Gulf Coast September 6, 2005
    The following is an eyewitness account of hurricane destruction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Included is information on plans to provide pro bono services from out of state lawyers to the storm victims, many of whom will need assistance in dealing with insurance companies, relief bureaucracies, and possibly personal or small business bankruptcies in the aftermath of the storm.

    New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo update Surviving animals from the New Orleans will find new homes according to aquarium spokeswoman Melissa Lee. Despite escaping Hurricane Katrina with little physical damage, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans suffered significant loss of animal life when the facility's emergency generator failed and made conditions unlivable for most its animals.

    Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study August 29, 2005
    Late last month an atmospheric scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study in Nature that found hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the past three decades. Kerry Emanuel, the author of the study, warns that since hurricanes depend on warm water to form and build, global climate change might increase the effect of hurricanes still further in coming years.

    Environmental problems worsened Hurricane Katrina's impact August 31, 2005
    The loss of coastal marshlands that buffer New Orleans from flooding and storm surges may have worsened the impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the past, the region's wetlands have served as a natural buffer that slows hurricanes down as they come in from the Gulf of Mexico and helps protect New Orleans from storms. But all this has changed.

    Aerial photos of Hurricane Katrina destruction: NOAA posted online more than 1450 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas that were decimated by Hurricane Katrina.




Hurricane Index

OTHER CITIES and COUNTIES


LOUISIANA
Abbeville
Acadia Parish
Alexandria
Allen Parish
Ascension Parish
Assumption Parish
Avoyelles Parish
Baton Rouge
Beauregard Parish
Bienville Parish
Black Lake
Bossier City
Bossier Parish
Caddo Parish
Calcasieu Parish
Caldwell Parish
Cameron
Cameron Parish
Catahoula Parish
Chalmette
Claiborne Parish
Concordia Parish
Covington
Creole
East Baton Rouge Parish
East Carroll Parish
East Feliciana Parish
Erath
Evangeline Parish
Five Lakes
Folsom
Franklin Parish
Grant Parish
Gueydan
Hahnville
Harvey
Holly Beach
Houma
Iberia Parish
Iberville Parish
Intracoastal Waterway
Jackson
Jackson Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Parish
Kaplan
Kenner
Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
Lafourche Parish
Lake Charles
Laplace
Lincoln Parish
Livingston Parish
Madison Parish
Madisonville
Mandeville
Marrero
Metairie
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Natchitoches Parish
New Iberia
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Ouachita Parish
Plaquemines Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish
Rapides Parish
Red River Parish
Richland Parish
Sabine Parish
Shreveport
Slidell
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. Helena Parish
St. James Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish
St. Landry Parish
St. Martin Parish
St. Mary Parish
St. Tammany Parish
Tangipahoa Parish
Tensas Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Terrytown
Union Parish
Vermilion Bay
Vermilion Parish
Vernon Parish
Washington Parish
Webster Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish
West Carroll Parish
West Feliciana Parish
Winn Parish

MISSISSIPPI
Adams County
Alcorn County
Amite County
Attala County
Batesville
Bay St. Louis
Benton County
Biloxi
Bolivar County
Brandon
Brookhaven
Calhoun County
Canton
Carroll County
Centreville
Chickasaw County
Choctaw County
Claiborne County
Clarke County
Clarksdale
Clay County
Cleveland
Clinton
Coahoma County
Columbus
Copiah County
Corinth
Covington County
D'Iberville
Florence
Flowood
Forrest County
Franklin County
Gautier
George County
Greene County
Greenville
Greenwood
Grenada
Gulfport
Hancock County
Harrison County
Hattiesburg
Hernando
Hinds County
Holly Springs
Holmes County
Humphreys County
Issaquena County
Itawamba County
Itta Bena
Jackson
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jefferson County
Jefferson Davis County
Jones County
Kemper County
Kosciusko
Lafayette County
Lamar County
Lauderdale County
Laurel
Lawrence County
Leake County
Lee County
Leflore County
Lincoln County
Lowndes County
Madison
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
McComb
Meridian
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Moss Point
Natchez
Neshoba County
Newton County
Noxubee County
Ocean Springs
Oktibbeha County
Oxford
Pascagoula
Pearl
Pearl River County
Perry County
Petal
Picayune
Pike County
Pontotoc
Pontotoc County
Poplarville
Port Gibson
Prentiss County
Quitman County
Rankin County
Richland
Ridgeland
Scott County
Simpson County
Smith County
Southaven
Starkville
Stone County
Sunflower County
Tallahatchie County
Tate County
Tippah County
Tishomingo County
Tunica County
Tupelo
Union County
Vancleave
Vicksburg
Walthall County
Warren County
Washington County
Waveland
Wayne County
Waynesboro
Webster County
West Point
Wilkinson County
Winona
Winston County
Woodville
Yazoo City
Yazoo County

TEXAS
Alta Loma
Alvin
Anahuac
Aransas County
Astrodome
Astroworld
Barrett
Bayou
Baytown
Bellaire
Bolivar Peninsula
Brazoria County
Brooks County
Calhoun County
Cameron County
Caplen
Chambers County
Channelview
Crosby
Dayton
Deer Park
Eastgate
El Lago
Fondren
Fort Bend County
Friendswood
Galena Park
Galveston County
Goliad County
Hardin County
Harris County
High Island
Highlands
Hitchcock
Houston
Humble
Intracoastal Waterway
Jacinto City
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jefferson County
Kenedy County
Kingwood
Kleberg County
La Porte
Liberty County
Lomax
Matagorda County
Morgans Point
Nassau Bay
Newton County
Nueces County
Orange County
Pasadena
Pearland
Polk County
Refugio County
Sabine County
San Patricio County
Sandy Point
Saratoga
Seabrook
Sheldon
South Houston
Sylvan Beach
Taylor Lake Village
Texas City
Tod
Trinity Bay
Tyler County
Victoria County
Waller County
Webster
Willacy County
Winfree

SEARCH



Copyright Rhett Butler 2005