What Hurricane Katrina can teach us for future climate disasters
Members of the Louisiana Recovery Authority tour New Orleans' hurricane-ravaged Lower 9th Ward in 2005. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Houston welcomed 200,000 evacuees and undertook a major effort to put them into long-term housing. While the effort was hailed nationally, it caused major backlash with residents, who blamed the newcomers for a spike in violent crime.
Jake Bittle, senior staff writer at Grist, joins us to discuss what we can learn from Katrina about handling climate disasters.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
