Go Maher Restoration Scholarship Contest 2022: Biggest natural disasters in the US and how it has impacted communities
https://www.gomaher.com/about-us/scholarship.html One of the largest natural disasters that occurred in the history of the US, was Hurricane Katrina. It is a mostly well-known phenomena that lower income communities suffer the brunt of damage whenever natural disasters occur. Before Katrina, it was known of the physical gaps in the levees surrounding Louisiana. Years before, engineers and some government officials warned of the failed wall, and how it could impact the state, primarily lower income communities in the southern region of Louisiana. Unfortunately, their warnings were not heeded. Up to $180 Billion in damage, 1800 lives lost, tens of thousands of jobs gone, and 800k or more people displaced due to flooding and destruction of homes. One of the consequences of ignoring advice by professionals is the displacement of lower income workers. Obviously, as part of the state was uninhabitable, these citizens now had to move to surrounding states and cities in order to set up a new h...