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Hurricane Katrina’s Line of FireOn August 23 Robert Fontaine returned to the New Orleans street corner (top) where a house he’d been living in burned on September 6, 2005. Though others had evacuated the city, Fontaine stuck it out without electricity to take care of abandoned dogs, one of which knocked over a candle and caused the fire.“My whole life, my whole world crashed. For everyone, not just for me,“ Fontaine told Getty last week.Five years later, with many of Katrina’s scars still visible throughout New Orleans, the U.S. government announced it would contribute more than $26.8 million to Louisiana to help with rebuilding projects, CNN reported earlier this week.Ng Staff/National Geographic StockSource: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100826-hurricane-katrina-pictures-fifth-anniversary-nation-before-after/
Hurricane Katrina’s Line of FireOn August 23 Robert Fontaine returned to the New Orleans street corner (top) where a house he’d been living in burned on September 6, 2005. Though others had evacuated the city, Fontaine stuck it out without electricity to take care of abandoned dogs, one of which knocked over a candle and caused the fire.“My whole life, my whole world crashed. For everyone, not just for me,“ Fontaine told Getty last week.Five years later, with many of Katrina’s scars still visible throughout New Orleans, the U.S. government announced it would contribute more than $26.8 million to Louisiana to help with rebuilding projects, CNN reported earlier this week.Ng Staff/National Geographic StockSource: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100826-hurricane-katrina-pictures-fifth-anniversary-nation-before-after/