 | Unidentified shoppers look outside of a store while window shopping in the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in New Orleans, La. The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but in New Orleans, shops are still recovering or closed from Hurricane Katrina damage. 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 |
 | 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 |
 | Water spills over a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana Aug 31 2005. Fresh floods, fires and looting rode in the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina, deepening a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds feared dead and sections of New Orleans submerged to the rooftops. click to open |
 | A military vehicle takes people to the Superdome as water begins to rise in the area in New Orleans, Louisiana Aug 31 2005. Fresh floods, fires and looting rode in the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina, deepening a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds feared dead and sections of New Orleans submerged to the rooftops. click to open |
 | A person is lifted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana Aug 31 2005. Fresh floods, fires and looting rode in the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina, deepening a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds feared dead and sections of New Orleans submerged to the rooftops. click to open |
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