Rebuilding the city

This blog continues our exploration of the city of New Orleans on our Spring Break Culture Excursion. 

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Wednesday March 13th, we had a tour of the city of New Orleans. We were able to see the neighborhoods where hurricane Katrina hit the hardest. As we continued driving, I noticed that there were people there still helping rebuild, it made me smile, knowing that people haven't  forgotten about this city. 

One of the things that I noticed was, how high the houses were lifted up off the ground. Houses being lifted up off the ground (raised) let's me know that if there's another hurricane the chance for massive water damage is lower than with Katrina. We finally came to a point where we met up with the levees. They were indeed very high. Throughout the city, all the levees were raised, if there ever is another chance for a massive hurricane and the water makes it over the levees, I believe the chances of the entire city being flooded is low.

~ Multicultural Ambassador, Terra T.

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