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      Residents are bringing their belongings and lining up to get into the Superdome which has been opened as a hurricane shelter in advance of hurricane Katrina. Most residents have evacuated the city and those left behind do not have transportation or have special needs. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
Survivors Outside of the Louisiana Superdome
Residents are bringing their belongings and lining up to get into the Superdome which has been opened as a hurricane shelter in advance of hurricane Katrina. Most residents have evacuated the city and those left behind do not have transportation or have special needs. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
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     August 28, 2005 
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    Hurricane Katrina survivors arrive at the Houston Astrodome Red Cross Shelter after being evacuated from New Orleans. Thousands of survivors are at the Astrodome after the Superdome became unsafe following the levee breaks in New Orleans. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
New Orleans evacuees at the Astrodome in Texas
Hurricane Katrina survivors arrive at the Houston Astrodome Red Cross Shelter after being evacuated from New Orleans. Thousands of survivors are at the Astrodome after the Superdome became unsafe following the levee breaks in New Orleans. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
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     September 1, 2005 
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    Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies ready to be shipped to victims of hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of flooding from hurricane Katrina. Photo by: Liz Roll
Convey of Hope baby supplies shipment
Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies ready to be shipped to victims of hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of flooding from hurricane Katrina. Photo by: Liz Roll
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     September 5, 2005 
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    People walk through the New Orleans flood waters to get to higher ground.
Survivors walking through flood waters
People walk through the New Orleans floodwaters to get to higher ground. New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
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     August 31, 2005 
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    Cars parked on the New Orleans streets are flooded to the top of the wheel wells in this ground level photograph.
Cars Parked in flooded waters
Cars parked on the New Orleans streets are flooded to the top of the wheel wells in this ground-level photograph. New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
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     August 30, 2005 
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    Hurricane Katrina put this boat upside down in this person's yard.
Boat flipped over by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina put this boat upside down in this person's yard. All the homes in this area are damaged or destroyed as the 9th Ward took the brunt of the levee breach. Patricia Brach/FEMA
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     September 18, 2005 
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    Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue to help residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force rescuing
Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue to help residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina. These residents were transported to the area from various neighborhoods and need to cross over the tracks to get on a second boat which will bring them to dry land. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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     August 31, 2005 
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    Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue to help residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Survivors crossing tracks to get to dry lands
Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue to help residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina. These residents were transported to the area from various neighborhoods and need to cross over the tracks to get on a second boat which will bring them to dry land. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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     August 31, 2005 
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    This bridge in Empire, LA is still closed almost 60 days after Hurricane Katrina came through the area.
Vessels blocking a bridge in Empire, LA
This bridge in Empire, LA is still closed almost 60 days after Hurricane Katrina came through the area. Efforts are currently underway to remove these vessels from the highway. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA
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     October 26, 2005 
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    Evacuees, some with pets, and patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA
Survivors outside of the New Orleans airport
Evacuees, some with pets, and patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA
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     September 3, 2005 
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    Evacuees and patients arrive at New Orleans airport by helicopter where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations
Father and son outside of the New Orleans airport
Evacuees and patients arrive at New Orleans airport by helicopter where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA
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     September 3, 2005 
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    The 82nd Airbore arives at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA
The 82nd Airborne arrives in News Orleans
The 82nd Airborne arrives at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA
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     September 3, 2005 
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    Local residents arrive at ramp to the Superdome after being rescued from their homes. New Orleans is being evacuated due to flooding caused by hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
Couple arriving to the ramp of the Superdome
Local residents arrive at the ramp to the Superdome after being rescued from their homes. New Orleans is being evacuated due to flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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     August 31, 2005 
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    Another commercial jetliner boards evacuees for their flight out of the city to shelters now being set up in cities throughout the country. Military, commercial and private airplanes evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the New Orleans Airport.
Survivors traveling to out of state shelters
Another commercial jetliner board evacuees for their flight out of the city to shelters now being set up in cities throughout the country. Military, commercial and private airplanes evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the New Orleans Airport. New Orleans continues to be evacuated as the city works to remove the floodwaters brought by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by win Henderson / FEMA photo.
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     September 4, 2005 
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    People standing on the overpasses and bridges to keep out of the New Orleans flood waters. New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by hurricane Katrina. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
Survivors on the bridge to keep out of flood waters
People standing on the overpasses and bridges to keep out of the New Orleans floodwaters. New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
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     August 31, 2005 
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    - A military Humvee patrols a road now cleaned of sludge and mud in a heavily damaged area of the Parish.
Military Humvee patrolling neighborhoods
A military Humvee patrols a road now cleaned of sludge and mud in a heavily damaged area of the Parish. Cleanup efforts are now underway in areas once flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Win Henderson / FEMA
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     September 18, 2005 
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    An evacuee in the Houston Astrodome looks through  yellow pages for housing information. Thousands of displaced citizens were moved to Houston as New Orleans is evacuated. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA
Survivors in the Houston Astrodome
An evacuee in the Houston Astrodome looks through yellow pages for housing information. Thousands of displaced citizens were moved to Houston as New Orleans is evacuated. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA
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     September 4, 2005 
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    President Bill Clinton greets a wheelchair-bound evacuee in the Reliant Center at the Houston Astrodome. He and President George Walker Bush were at the Astrodome to announce a new relief fund. In the background, holding his jacket is Senator Barack Obama.
President Bill Clinton visiting survivors
President Bill Clinton greets a wheelchair-bound evacuee in the Reliant Center at the Houston Astrodome. He and President George Walker Bush were at the Astrodome to announce a new relief fund. In the background, holding his jacket is Senator Barack Obama. Photo by Ed Edahl/FEMA
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     September 5, 2005 
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    Exhausted families arrive at the Astrodome after being evacuated from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
Father and daughter sleeping in shelter
Exhausted families arrive at the Astrodome after being evacuated from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
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     September 3, 2005 
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    Thomas John and baby brothers are among the 18,000 Hurricane Katrina survivors that are housed in the Red Cross shelter
18,000 plus people sheltering at the Astrodome
Thomas John and baby brothers are among the 18,000 Hurricane Katrina survivors that are housed in the Red Cross shelter at the Astrodome and Reliant Center, after evacuating New Orleans. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher
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     September 5, 2005 
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