Devastation and destruction struck New Orleans one year ago.
Hurricane Katrina was, as New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said, “the storm most of us have feared.”
A year later, progress has been slow and limited as the city struggles to regain its residents, culture and morale.
Find out what New Orleans residents and Louisiana public officials say about the road to recovery in tomorrow’s print edition of The Daily Reveille.
Katrina Anniversary
August 27, 2006
![Two contradicting signs are displayed at a destroyed home in the Lower Ninth Ward Saturday, August 19. One sign says, "I am coming home! I will rebuild! I am New Orleans!" while the other points toward the house and states, "Home for sale."](https://lsureveille.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/887c7fa1e33d83f90b0120e8deba6fd6-1.jpg)
Two contradicting signs are displayed at a destroyed home in the Lower Ninth Ward Saturday, August 19. One sign says, “I am coming home! I will rebuild! I am New Orleans!” while the other points toward the house and states, “Home for sale.”