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Here in New Orleans, we remember the horror of the more than 50 breached levees, which failed to protect our city.
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John, twenty years ago tomorrow, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coastline. The storm devastated our state and communities across the Gulf Coast.
Here in New Orleans, we remember the horror of the more than 50 breached levees, which failed to protect our city. Too many of us lost our family and friends. We lost our homes, churches,
and schools. We lost pieces of our life that we can never get back.
Twenty years later we cannot forget how "leaders" failed the Black and low-income families in places that were most deeply harmed.
But, we remember how we took care of one another. We made sure that no one was left alone. We came together to stand up as one New Orleans.
The news, pundits, and analyses often fail to account for how full our lives are -- how beautiful and joyful the people and our culture are, and how strong our bonds are. We repeatedly
come together and take care of one another -- through hurricanes Katrina and Ida, through COVID19, through disasters and tragedies alike.
"When I was a kid, living in Southeast Louisiana, climate change made its greatest impression on me. I listened to the radio while my family and friends waited for hours in traffic to
escape New Orleans, St. Bernard parish, and other parishes before Katrina landed. Some returned and live a better life now in New Orleans. Some moved on to other places. I now live
in New Orleans, and it is home for me, my husband, our dog, and community. We live with a full understanding that our life is precarious, especially as federal agencies like FEMA and
the Army Corps are gutted and as national officials deny the reality of climate change." - Angelle Bradford Rosenberg, Delta (Louisiana) Chapter Chair
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became a blueprint for how crisis points can be exploited by those seeking power and greed. And we're seeing those ripples in the current exploitation
of climate disasters and rise in authoritarianism today. But it can also be a blueprint of how, together, through the sheer force of will and community, we can build something better
when the worst happens.
Right now, the Trump administration is trying to take away the few essential programs, resources, and staff that help us prepare, respond, and recover from hurricanes and other unnatural
disasters.
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While far from perfect, governmental programs like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the National
Weather Service (NWS), play a critical role in keeping our communities safe by coordinating essential information between weather forecasters, emergency managers, and the public.
As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, we should be investing in disaster preparedness and response, not dismantling it. We must do better than 20 years ago after
Katrina.
And the majority of Americans agree -- 79 percent of people in the US are more concerned about our government's ability to respond to climate disasters if FEMA and NOAA services are
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Our movement for environmental justice must honor the lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the past two decades. Together, we can continue to build our own maps and blueprints for liberation,
governance, and people-centered infrastructure over the next 20 years and beyond.
We will take care of one another.
Thank you
Sierra Club Delta (Louisiana) Chapter
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