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People With Disabilities Among Hardest Hit By Hurricanes Katrina & Rita

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coastline of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi on August 29, 2005, literally blowing and washing away entire neighborhoods, and breaking down protective levies, leaving much of the New Orleans area under many feet of water.

As the death toll continued to rise, the hurricane and its aftermath was being called one of the greatest single natural disasters in U.S. history.

In this case, as in most natural and man-made disasters, people with disabilities were among the most at-risk. Dozens died in nursing homes and medical centers. More died in their own homes or on the street.

Three weeks later, Hurricane Rita hit the coast of Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Fewer people perished because Rita turned out to be less intense, and because they fled the area ahead of the storm.

2008
May 7: Influential Task Force Decides Who Would Die In A Disaster
May 7: Senators Want To Expand Housing For Thousands Of Hurricane Survivors
2007
Sept. 7: Jury Clears Nursing Home Owners In Post-Katrina Deaths
August 28: Governor Blanco Testifies In Katrina Nursing Home Death Case
July 26: St. Rita's Owners Say A.G. Can't Blame Them And Government For Nursing Home Deaths
July 3: Prosecutor: No Charges For Hospital Nurses Over Post-Katrina Deaths
March 15: National Guard Shoots Man Armed With BB Gun
Feb. 26: Report: Poor Planning, Communication And Coordination Made Katrina A Greater Disaster
Feb. 7: Hundreds Wait For Accessible FEMA Trailers That Sit In Storage
Jan. 2: Seven Officers Face Charges Of Shooting Unarmed Man On New Orleans Bridge
2006
Sept. 7: St. Rita's Owners Sue Government As Grand Jury Considers Criminal Charges Over Katrina Deaths
Sept. 6: FEMA Settles Inaccessible Trailers Case
Aug. 25: Community Advocates Battle Developers Over Mixed-Income Housing
July 24: Report: Federal Evacuation Plans Ignore Nursing Homes
July 20: Post-Katrina Murder Charges Filed Against New Orleans Hospital Staff
July 14: Report: People With Psychiatric Disabilities Faced Illegal Discrimination After Hurricanes
May 30: Grand Jury To Investigate Post-Katrina Police Shooting
May 8: Coastal Nursing Homes Not Yet Ready For Katrina-Level Hurricane
April 5: Eleven Of Nineteen New Orleans Facilities Cleared Of Post-Katrina Wrongdoing
April 4: Wheelchair User Perishes In FEMA Trailer Fire
Feb. 2: Witnesses: Poor Planning And Follow-Through Led To Hundreds Of Katrina Deaths
Jan 19: Most Katrina Victims Were Over Age 60 And With Disabilities
2005
Dec 12: Official Count: Dozens Of Bodies Found In Nursing Homes And Hospitals After Hurricane Katrina
Nov. 30: New Details Surface In Hurricane Katrina Nursing Home Deaths
Oct. 19: Oregon Good Samaritan Rounds Up Equipment For Hurricane Victims
Oct 18: Researchers Look At Agencies' Handling Of "Special Needs" Post-Hurricane Katrina
Sept 29: More Louisiana Nursing Homes And Hospitals Under Investigation Over Evacuations
Sept 23: Evacuation Plans Lacking For Hurricane Rita Evacuees
Sept 20: Toss Away Story About Wholesale Euthanasia In New Orleans Hospitals
Sept 19: At Least One-Fifth Of Identified Hurricane Victims Died In Hospitals And Nursing Homes
Sept 15: Hurricane Survivors Finally Connect With Help, But Fear Lack Of Independence
Sept 14: Nursing Home Owners Charged With Deaths Of 34 Residents
Sept 1: Help Arrives For Some Hurricane Victims
August 31: Hurricane Survivors Continue To Struggle
August 30: Countless Devastated By Hurricane Katrina

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