Question: How many visitors did the city have the year before Katrina?
About the article "Bourbon Street", section "Impact of Hurricane Katrina".

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Abramson Charter, after its opening, accepted many Teach for America recruits, as did other charter schools that opened after Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005. 
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many individuals, organizations, and companies have donated to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
The first festival following Hurricane Katrina was, according to writer Lawrence Powell, " a minor miracle just for happening."
80% of the city had been flooded, including the Jazz Fest venue.
The 2006 Festival was a somber one, and catered mostly to the locals in an attempt to help them to heal.
The 2007 Festival, however, saw an audience of over 350,000 people, approximately 50,000 more attendees than in 2006.
There were more famous headliners, including Ludacris, Brad Paisley, Norah Jones, and Rod Stewart, more marketing, more stages, and a cheerful atmosphere.
The hurricane has not had an effect on the optimistic or celebratory spirit of the city.
As Phil Gallo wrote, "Post-Katrina and post-oil disaster, New Orleans may just be the festival capital of the world.
"Hurricane Katrina did, of course, have a devastating financial and social impact on the city.
Many evacuees never returned after the storm, and the majority of those that stayed or chose to return were, and still are, in dire financial straits.
There have been complaints about ticket accessibility for New Orleans residents post-Katrina; many citizens could barely afford admission "before" the hurricane wreaked havoc on the city and, now, a large majority of audience members are from out of town.
There are fewer New Orleans audience members than ever before.
Producers have tried to combat rising prices but, in order to be able to afford booking local talent, big-name acts need to be hired, so ticket prices rise.
For more information on tickets, see below. 
FEMA received intense criticism for its response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in August 2005.
FEMA had pre-positioned response personnel in the Gulf Coast region.
However, many could not render direct assistance and were only able to report on the dire situation along the Gulf Coast, especially from New Orleans.
Within three days, a large contingent of National Guard and active duty troops were deployed to the region.
The enormous number of evacuees simply overwhelmed rescue personnel.
The situation was compounded by flood waters in the city that hampered transportation and poor communication among the federal government, state and local entities.
FEMA was widely criticized for what is seen as a slow initial response to the disaster and an inability to effectively manage, care for and move those trying to leave the city.
Then-FEMA Director Michael D. Brown was criticized personally for a slow response and an apparent disconnection with the situation.
Michael Brown would eventually be relieved of command of the Katrina disaster and soon thereafter resigned.
Katrina was seen as the first major test of the nation’s new disaster response plan under DHS.
It is widely held that many things did not function as planned.
According to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina:  "The Secretary Department of Homeland Security should have designated the Principal Federal Official on Saturday, two days prior to landfall, from the roster of PFOs who had successfully completed the required training, unlike then FEMA Director Michael Brown.
Considerable confusion was caused by the Secretary’s PFO decisions."
"DHS and FEMA lacked adequate trained and experienced staff for the Katrina response."
"The readiness of FEMA’s national emergency response teams was inadequate and reduced the effectiveness of the federal response."
"Long-standing weaknesses and the magnitude of the disaster overwhelmed FEMA’s ability to provide emergency shelter and temporary housing."
"FEMA logistics and contracting systems did not support a targeted, massive, and sustained provision of commodities."
"Before Katrina, FEMA suffered from a lack of sufficiently trained procurement professionals."
Other failings were also noted.
The Committee devoted an entire section of the report to listing the actions of FEMA.
Their conclusion was:"For years emergency management professionals have been warning that FEMA’s preparedness has eroded.
Many believe this erosion is a result of the separation of the preparedness function from FEMA, the drain of long-term professional staff along with their institutional knowledge and expertise, and the inadequate readiness of FEMA’s national emergency response teams.
The combination of these staffing, training, and organizational structures made FEMA’s inadequate performance in the face of adisaster the size of Katrina all but inevitable.
"Pursuant to a temporary restraining order issued by Hon.
Stanwood R. Duval, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana as a result of the McWaters v. FEMA class-action, 7 February 2006 was set as the deadline for the official end of any further coverage of temporary housing costs for Katrina victims.
After the February 7 deadline, Katrina victims were left to their own devices either to find permanent housing for the long term, or to continue in social welfare programs set up by other organizations.
There were many Katrina evacuees living in temporary shelters and/or trailer parks set up by FEMA and other relief organizations in the first months after the disaster hit, but many more were still unable to find housing.
In July 2007, ice that had been ordered for Katrina victims but had never been used and kept in storage facilities, at a cost of $12.5 million, was melted down.
In June 2008, a CNN investigation found that FEMA gave away about $85 million in household goods meant for Hurricane Katrina victims to 16 other states. 
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005.
The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans included 1,464 deaths, 80% flooding of the city, and many burned buildings.