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how many people were evacuated from new orleans during hurricane katrina

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    Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. ... Some estimates claimed that 80% of the 1.3 million residents of the greater New Orleans metropolitan area evacuated, leaving behind substantially fewer people than remained in the city during the Hurricane Ivan evacuation.
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    Political effects of Hurricane Katrina

    This article deals with political effects of Hurricane Katrina other than those related to Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina, which are contained in a separate article. ... In spite of risks and his lack of formal training or license, 20-year-old Jabbar Gibson commandeered a New Orleans school bus and rescued 70 people from the rising floodwaters before making the 13-hour drive to Houston's Reliant Astrodome, arriving on Wednesday evening.
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    Preparations for Hurricane Katrina

    The Louisiana National Guard delivered three truckloads of water and seven truckloads of MRE's to the Superdome, enough to supply 15,000 people for three days. ... "Hurricane Katrina Pulls Its Punches in New Orleans."
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    Timeline of Hurricane Katrina

    She commandeered hundreds of buses from across Louisiana using her executive powers, and those buses eventually evacuated more than 15,000 people that were stranded in the city to the SuperDome by Thursday, September 1. ... Hurricane Katrina: Open-Content Timeline
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    Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

    On September 3, some 42,000 evacuees were evacuated from New Orleans, including those remaining in the Superdome and Convention Center. ... "Hurricane Katrina: The Catastrophe that Uncovered America's Race and Class Issues" from Tulane University Graduate
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    Social effects of Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina had many social effects. ... Due to this, many people were separated from their family members, including young children separated from their parents and pets.
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    Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans

    Soon afterwards, 1.9 million people were evacuated from southern Louisiana, including 200,000 from the City of New Orleans. ... Hurricane Katrina Blame Game
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    Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina

    The 2000 U.S. census revealed that 27% of New Orleans households, amounting to approximately 120,000 people, were without private mobility. ... The recent Katrina hurricane was arguably the first major test of Department of Homeland Security after September 11.
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    Hurricane Katrina effects by region

    Damage to an Exxon gas station in Pensacola, Florida during Hurricane Katrina. ... Fire District No. 1 and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office evacuated over 3,000 people from flooded homes and rescued about 300 people in imminent danger.
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    Hurricane Katrina fringe theories

    Time Magazine, for example, published an article titled, "Is Global Warming Fueling Katrina?" — however, the article itself addressed hurricanes in general, rather than Katrina specifically, and was inconclusive. ... On balance, the analysis of the path of Katrina shows that, in the final few hours, the hurricane veered away from downtown New Orleans, heading actually slightly northeast through Mississippi where most people had evacuated or had trees to climb.

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