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National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Jennifer Popovec	When the Chips Are Down Many commercial real estate professionals are working to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Here are a few of their stories: Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA)... Jerry Wallace Interests... etc.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Margaret Leonard	Rebuilding After Katrina Investors and operators of more than 10,000 businesses in New Orleans have lost uncounted millions. The same storm also brought opportunities worth billions in redevelopment and restoration of a city.
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Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick	Water Covers New Orleans As Hurricane Katrina dissipated on its way toward the northeastern United States on Tuesday, the threat only grew for this and other Gulf towns. Monday afternoon's seeming reprieve in New Orleans evaporated as two breached levees flooded the city.
Information Today September 6, 2005 Miguel Ramos	Blogs and Information Community Respond to Hurricane Katrina Blogs help keep Katrina victims informed on the latest developments within their community and also provide the rest of the world with an in depth account of their experiences.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Emmett D. Carson	Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar.
CIO April 15, 2006 Jan Rideout	After the Storm Even though this Mississippi-based CIO lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, the disaster gave her a newfound appreciation for the coworkers who rallied around her.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Allan R. Clyde	A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community.
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Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2006 Lorna Pappas	Opportunity & Optimism After last years devastating hurricanes, the Gulf Coast rebuilds. With rebuilding comes tremendous investment opportunities for those with vision and patience, and the first to act may be getting the best deals.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2006 Jody Curtis	Trying to [Re]build a Better South Rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is going to take a lot more than putting houses back up. Letting residents have a say in their own future, and supporting self-help efforts are top priorities, too. Grantmakers will have to get creative.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Wilson & Kliger	Learning From Katrina Hurricane Katrina can teach engineers a lot about the unintended impact of technology as well as what can be done to prepare for the next catastrophe.
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Real Travel Adventures November 2007 Ron Kapon	The Rebirth of New Orleans, America's Shame Walk up Canal Street in New Orleans and look at the water marks at five feet. Better yet, take the three hour Katrina Tour given by Gray Line and get the full picture. The driver and guide are locals who lived through the disaster.
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Energize September 2005 Susan J. Ellis	The Silver Lining of Disaster Despite all the mismanagement in the Gulf Coast rescue and relief effort, the bright spots of news reporting are what people are doing to help one another. In the long term, volunteer work in response to this crisis may bring our country together in ways we can't imagine.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	Katrina's Path Wends Through Web As Hurricane Katrina tears along the Southeastern U.S. coastline, the Internet is once again proving its worth as a medium for first-hand information.
Fast Company November 2005 Chuck Salter	It's Never Been This Hard For a nimble diving company based in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina posed enormous challenges -- and offered huge opportunity.
Financial Advisor October 2005 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note - When It Rains, It Pours The New Orleans debacle spawned a natural but unseemly wave of recriminations from a public that was suddenly ashamed of what happened, and divided the country.
Geotimes August 2007 Megan Sever	Restoring the River Since Katrina struck, one thing has become clear, researchers say: Restoration of the natural system is of paramount importance to saving New Orleans in the long run, and the time to act is now.
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever	When Levees Fail Many of the levees in the United States were built more than a century ago to protect farmland, and have been negligibly, if at all, maintained. For New Orleans, such a lesson came too late, but the city can still plan for the future.
Scientific American September 2007 Emily Harrison	Suffering a Slow Recovery Failed rebuilding after Katrina sets off a mental health crisis in the Gulf.
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Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Louisiana's Marshland Mess Even before the past season's devastating hurricanes, Louisiana's wetlands were in rough shape. More than a century of building dams, levees and canals to control the Mississippi River changed the wetlands, limiting sediment and leading to soil compaction from the loss of vegetation.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Steve McLinden	Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception.
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Brian Grow	Crawling Out Of The Wreckage Gulfport Mississippi's Hancock Bank had planned for Katrina - and foresees a rebuilding boom
Popular Mechanics March 6, 2006	Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005 Video Conference The transcript here suggests that, contrary to popular perception, federal authorities were alert to the risks posed by Katrina and fully engaged in planning for the disaster.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Carrie Crockett	Throw the Casinos Something, Mister! Six months later, how are Gulf Coast casinos faring? Will Mardi Gras provide any relief?
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 Tim Beyers	Katrina Blows Off Airlines More bad news for carriers as the hurricane cancels scores of flights. In the face of all this, airline stocks have cratered, naturally.
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Outside March 2007	Biking New Orleans, Louisiana Do not bike along the muddy Mississippi levee near New Orleans for clean air or beautiful vistas. Bike the 120 miles for the memories it invokes.