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Articles with tag: hurricane

Bihar & Louisiana: A Poem

Mutaal Mooquin   Sep 3, 2008   interacts: 5

You are not God,
Not even half God.
Nor Poseidon or Neptune.
Why this bloody ruin?

Seemingly, God is Angry at America

Mohammad Gill   Sep 25, 2005   interacts: 125

In the past, people used to give human sacrifices to appease their angry gods. God of America has already taken His toll in New Orleans and other Gulf cities so, thank God, nobody probably has to offer any more sacrifices to appease His anger.

In the face of a Natural Disaster

Dawood Mamoon   Sep 9, 2005   interacts: 68

The scenes in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina had struck, have been devastating. As an outsider, it was a shock to see that even a super power could not do much in the face of a natural disaster.

Katrina: An Abdication of Responsibility

Temporal    Sep 2, 2005   interacts: 143

The mandatory evacuation called on August 28 made no provisions to evacuate homeless or low-income and car-less households, as well as large numbers of elderly and the infirm. In 2000, a census revealed that 27% of New Orleans households were without any

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