The article I had to read this week pertained to the 10-year
anniversary of hurricane Katrina. It is
about the people who lost their homes from this devastating storm and still do
not have a home 10 years later. Or, the survivors
might have their home, but that home has no running water or electricity. The article gives the example of Joshua
Mitchell, who has been trying to rebuild his home for 5 years. Carol Ramm-Gramenz states: “I see it all the
time.” Most of the people who are “homeless
in their own homes” are elderly, frail, and/or mentally disabled. There have been grants to rebuild homes, but
the contractors who do these jobs complete fraud and do not rebuild the home. The story also mentions a man named Abbott
Roland, who must stay in an abandoned home he found, he cannot work because he
suffers from blood clots in his legs and can’t work.
The author, Katy Reckdahl, did an excellent job of telling
the story. She made it feel like I was
there in New Orleans, seeing these people in their rundown houses. The stories she told about each individual
person made me feel like I knew who they were personally. It also makes me angry that we are not doing
anything for these people. It might have
been 10 years, but it feels like nothing has changed.
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