 | Perry Bernard packs up the last of his things at the River Center in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005. Bernard and his mother had been staying in the shelter for six weeks since being evacuated from New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. click to open  |
 | A ruined classroom shows the damage caused by the flood water from Hurricane Katrina at Louis Armstrong Elementary School in New Orleans Thursday Oct. 5, 2005. With the storm forcing all of the area's 55,000 students away, education officials are seizing the opportunity to rebuild what can be saved and to overhaul an education system that has long ranked near the lowest in the nation. click to open |
 | Amber Scott looks at a painting as she surveys her flood-damaged home in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. After more than five weeks, residents were allowed back into all but one of the city's neighborhoods to inspect damage from Hurricane Katrina. click to open |
 | Amber Scott finds a pair of Saints football tickets as she looks through her flood-damaged home in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. After more than five weeks, residents were allowed back into all but one of the city's neighborhoods to inspect damage from Hurricane Katrina. click to open |
 | Jerry Golott pauses as he walks inside his damaged home Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss. speaking at least. Unable to pay the mortgage on his Biloxi home that is in ruins and unprotected by flood insurance, his travel trailer gone and his wife's job as a harbormaster lost, the 59-year-old retiree is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, or liquidation. click to open |
 | Jerry Golott looks inside his damaged home Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss. Unable to pay the mortgage on his Biloxi home that is in ruins and unprotected by flood insurance, his travel trailer gone and his wife's job as a harbormaster lost, the 59-year-old retiree is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, or liquidation. click to open |
 | Antionette Rowan looks out from the flood-damaged house of a church member in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans October 4, 2005. Mayor Ray Nagin announced the city will lay off 40 percent of its workers and warned of more belt-tightening ahead, a bleak reminder of the challenges the city faces as it recovers from two hurricanes. click to open |
 | Water is pumped in Metairie, Louisiana near New Orleans eight days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region Sep 6th 2005. Engineers pumped corpse-strewn floodwaters out of New Orleans revealing more of Hurricane Katrina's horrors and prompting Mayor Ray Nagin to warn of even grimmer scenes to follow. click to open |
 | A man recently rescued arrives at a processing center in New Orleans September 6, 2005. Several private boats manned with New Orleans police, military police and medical personnel scoured the flooded streets in search of stranded residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. click to open |
 | Refugees from Hurricane Katrina carry donated clothing in Houston Sep 4th 2005. Texas has been swamped by hundreds of thousands of refugees from Hurricane Katrina, straining resources in a state where government is small and people fend for themselves. click to open |
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