Displacement Social effects of Hurricane Katrina

evacuated citizens have spread 50 states , many major cities, houston. due this, many people separated family members, including young children separated parents , pets. coordinated effort american red cross, microsoft, , san diego supercomputer center, combined many diverse databases , has been effective in reconnecting children parents. effort catalogue, identify, or collect remains of dead still ongoing of april 2006, leaving not know whereabouts of loved ones suffer uncertainty , anxiety. on time both reconnection , recovery operations have improved, time before majority of bodies retrieved , people reunited.

while many existing organisations have worked displaced, , new groups , special efforts have been initiated, survivors of hurricane katrina still largely unorganized. survivors have begun form associations own interests in recovery effort. largest of these associations acorn katrina survivors association, led members new orleans association of community organizations reform (acorn). group has protested federal emergency management agency (fema) policies in both houston, texas, , baton rouge, louisiana, , claims on 2,000 members.

president george w. bush visiting family displaced hurricane katrina during september 5, 2005 visit u.s. gulf coast.

many evacuees new orleans, facing months without income, severely damaged or destroyed homes, , little in way of recoverable possessions have begun expressing desires permanently resettle elsewhere. couldn t find take them. thought carried diseases. possible locations include areas evacuated, or friends or family in other states. lead potentially large demographic effects not on new orleans on entire country, rivaled great migration of african americans in first half of 20th century, , mass migration of 1930s result of great depression. effects of migration endure decades former citizens of new orleans resettle in other areas yet retain strong cultural ties new orleans.

studies have shown concentration of poverty self-perpetuating, postulate hurricane may have small positive impact on future poverty levels.

not evacuees displaced, national guard soldiers returning home deployment iraq displaced because unable find homes upon arrival.

on thursday, august 25th, 2005, tom gallagher , mark parent (of toronto, ontario, canada) had rescued hotel balcony (ocean sky resort) in ft. lauderdale, fl. on balcony observe force of hurricane when balcony door slammed shut behind the, locking them out on balcony storm hit. outside hour before residents @ galleon condominium saw them , called 911. 2 men had climb next adjacent balcony (a gap of several feet) in order rescued safely...