Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

The hurricane season of late summer and early fall 2005 was a devastating one for Louisiana.  On August 29th, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in lower St. Bernard Parish as a Category 3 storm, destroying the parish and ultimately causing unprecedented destruction in New Orleans.  One month later, on September 24th, Hurricane Rita laid waste to southwest Louisiana, making landfall as a Category 3 storm at Johnson's Bayou near the Texas border.

This site will provide information about the devastation and the recovery efforts.

Katrina Links

Wikipedia article on Hurricane Katrina

Floodwall -- Floodwall is a tribute to New Orleans constructed from 350 empty drawers collected from the flood debris.

Breach of Faith -- Our One Book, One Community selection for the 2007 hurricane season.

Post-Katrina Pop Facts-- Demographics on East Baton Rouge Parish from Claritas data services.
More information can be found in our Hurricane Katrina Vertical File

Katrina-Adjusted demographics -- adjusted statistics for Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Texas and Mississippi 

Climate of 2005 -- NOAA information on the climate conditions that spawned Hurricane Katrina

Impact Studies -- geological information from the USGS.

Times Picayune Katrina Archive -- an archive of news stories about Katrina from the Times Picayune

Advisory Archive -- An archive of all the Katrina advisories issued by the National Hurricane Center.  The advisories issued at 8 am and 10 am on Saturday, Aug. 27, clearly illustrate how quickly a hurricane's path can change.

Hurricane Katrina -- NOAA's site on the hurricane's impact.

Louisiana Hurricane Katrina -- FEMA's site about Katrina.

Weather Underground Katrina Archive page -- maps, radar and other meteorological information from the Weather Underground archives.

The New Orleans Index (formerly called the Katrina Index) -- a report on the recovery of the New Orleans region.

Rita Links

Wikipedia article on Hurricane Rita.

Tracking Map -- tracking map of Rita's path.

Impact Studies -- geological information from the USGS.

Advisory Archive -- An archive of all the Rita advisories put out by the National Hurricane Center.

Weather Underground Rita Archive page --  maps, radar and other meteorological information from the Weather Underground archives.

Hurricane Rita Maps -- from the Perry Casteneda Library at the University of Texas - Austin.

Louisiana Hurricane Rita -- FEMA's site about Rita.

Other Information

Official State Government site  for information on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Migration Patterns -- 2006 Louisiana Health and Populations Survey, Estimates of Parish Level Migrations Due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Beyond Katrina -- the Voice of Hurricane Disaster & Recovery. A blog about hurricanes with lots of information about Rita and Katrina.