Seven years after the Katrina disaster
Hurricane Isaac pounds Gulf Coast
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By Andre Damon
30 August 2012
Hurricane Isaac made landfall in eastern Louisiana Wednesday morning, forcing thousands of people to flee, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, and causing untold millions of dollars in property damage.
Isaac has invoked comparisons to Hurricane Katrina, which exactly seven years ago flooded much of New Orleans, killed nearly 2,000 people, and forever changed the way millions of people viewed American society. As was the case then, the natural component of the current disaster intersects with the social conditions of American life, including massive inequality and the decay of the social infrastructure.
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