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Power lines are down all over the city (and) there's a significant number of homes and businesses that are without power
Gustav, now a depression, heads north Sep 02, 2008
This represents the final bodies from Katrina, the last unknown victim of Katrina
New Orleans inters final Katrina victims Aug 30, 2008
There may be some people out there who feel as though if they evacuate this time, they will never come back to the city of New Orleans,
Evacuations begin in Louisiana Aug 29, 2008
This was an experience that I wouldn't want to relive but it gives me confidence that I can travel around the world and around the country without worrying about this disease as much
Nagin: Being quarantined was surreal Jun 11, 2009
Congratulations to the City Attorney's Office for remaining vigilant and focused on resolving this claim that will rightly return more than $20 million more to the city for damages resulting from Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans settles Katrina claims May 03, 2010
Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is a former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Nagin gained international notoriety in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area.
Nagin was first elected on March 2, 2002, to succeed his fellow Democrat Marc Morial. He was re-elected in 2006 but was ineligible to seek a third term in 2010 due to term limits and stepped down from office on May 3, 2010.
Nagin was born on June 11, 1956, in New Orleans' Charity Hospital, to a low-income family. His childhood was typical of that of the urban poor within the city, and his father held three jobs: a janitor at New Orleans City Hall by night, a fabric cutter at a clothing factory by day, and a mechanic at a dairy, to earn sufficient pay to support his family, as well as provide for Nagin's education. His mother was employed at a lunch counter in a Kmart store. The family lived on Allen Street in the 7th Ward, followed by a stay in the Treme, and then moved to the Cutoff section of Algiers when Nagin was a young teenager. Nagin attended O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans where he played basketball and baseball. He enrolled at Tuskegee University on a baseball scholarship, and graduated with a degree in accountancy in 1978. He was the third college graduate from his family.