I ka wā i pā ai ka makani ʻino Katrina i ke Kai Kaiwaʻi ʻelua makahiki i hala aku nei, ua haʻalele ʻo Carrie Lewis, 79 ona makahiki i kona home i kōkua ʻia ma New Orleans. ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, ke noho nei ʻo ia i loko o kahi trailer, 100 mile ma ke komohana ʻākau o New Orleans.
"Makemake au e hoʻi i ka home," wahi a Lewis i kahi mea hoʻolaha. “ʻAʻohe o lākou mau wahi no ka poʻe kahiko ma New Orleans. He aha kaʻu e hana ai? ʻAʻole au makemake e make i loko o kahi hale kiʻi kiʻi liʻiliʻi ma waena o kahi māla ma kahi."
I ka wā i paʻi ai ʻo Katrina, pono ʻo Phyllis Taylor, 65 ona makahiki, e haʻalele. Akā no Taylor, ʻo ia ka mea e haʻalele ai i kāna hale noho penthouse ma waena o ke kaona no kāna hale hānai 40,000 mau ʻeka ma Foxworth, Miss.
ʻO Taylor ka wahine waiwai loa ma ka lua o ka mokuʻāina ʻilihune loa o ka ʻāina. Ua lilo ʻo ia i noho a me Luna Hoʻokele o ka hui ʻo Taylor Energy–ka hui ʻaila a me ke kinoea nui loa i mālama ʻia ma ke Kaiwa o Mexico–ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna kāne ʻaila i ka makahiki 2004. Ma 2007, Forbes Ua manaʻo ka magazine i kāna waiwai waiwai ma $1.6 biliona.
Ma hope o ka ʻino, ua nahā ka puka makani ma ka hale penthouse o Taylor, a ua hemo ka ea. Ua lilo nā mea a pau iā Carrie Lewis.
ʻO ka hopena o ka Hurricane Katrina i hōʻike aku i ka honua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ʻelua ʻAmelika, e kū ʻaoʻao ana-hoʻokahi waiwai a hoʻokahi ʻilihune. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻomau ʻia kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo koʻikoʻi-akā, ua hala nā mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e Katrina mai ka nānā ʻana o ka pāpā.
Ua like ʻo Carrie Lewis i nā ʻumi tausani o ka poʻe e noho nei i loko o nā kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻolako ʻia e ka Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)–45,000 mau kaʻa ma Louisiana, 20,000 ma Mississippi, 17,000 ma Texas a me 400 ma Alabama–no ka mea ʻaʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe e hele ai. .
Noho ʻo Pamela Lomis i kahi hale kiʻi FEMA me kāna mau keiki ʻelua ma ke kahua kaʻaahi Sugar Hill, ma waena o nā māla lāʻau kokoke i Convent, La. Ma kahi ma waena o New Orleans a me Baton Rouge, aia ʻo ia he 20 mau mile mai ka hale kūʻai kokoke loa. Hoʻokahi wale nō kaʻa kaʻa e hele ai i laila. Haʻalele ia i ka hola 9 am a hoʻi mai i ka hola 4 pm
"Noho wale mākou ma ʻaneʻi me ke ola ʻana," wahi a Lomis. “Ke paʻa wale nei mākou. Ke kali wale nei no kahi mea hiki ole mai."
Me ka ʻole o nā hale e hoʻi ai—no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea i kau i ka manaʻo nui i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hale haʻahaʻa i noho ai ka nui o ka poʻe ʻilihune a me nā ʻelemākule i ka wā i noho ai-he nui ka poʻe i hiki i ka wā e haki ai.
"Makemake au i waho o kēia hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ma waho o kēia wahi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Helen Felton, he kamaʻāina o ka pā hale kaʻa ʻo Renaissance Village. "Akā, loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu loiloi Social Security liʻiliʻi. ʻIke ʻoe i ka mamao o $660?"
A hiki i ka poʻe mahuka o Katrina ke manaʻo e piʻi aʻe ka pilikia-ʻo ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā kaʻa kaʻa i ka makahiki 2008 e hoʻomaka e uku hoʻolimalima iā FEMA.
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INA ʻaʻole pepehi nā kaʻa kaʻa iā lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole i lawa ka maikaʻi o ko lākou noho ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe kaʻa kaʻa e hōʻike nei i nā pilikia olakino ma muli o ka make formaldehyde.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻAukake, ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe 500 ma New Orleans i kahi hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i nā mea hana hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā hui 14 e hāʻawi ana i kahi 120,000 mau kaʻa kaʻa no FEMA i mālama ʻole i nā lula e pili ana i nā pae formaldehyde, kahi e hopena ai i nā maʻi.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka formaldehyde, kahi kemika e pili ana me ka embalming i nā kino kupapaʻu, i nā huahana lāʻau paʻi, ʻāpana a me ka plywood-ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau o nā kaʻa kaʻa FEMA. He pōʻino nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka formaldehyde, e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi hanu, nā ihu koko, nā maka wela, nā poʻo a me ka insomnia - hiki i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hanu a hoʻonui i nā kūlana i loaʻa. Hoʻokaʻawale ka International Agency for Research on Cancer iā ia ma ke ʻano he carcinogen kanaka.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo Nancy lāua ʻo Michael Sonnier i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lāua kaʻaahi ma mua o ka Thanksgiving, ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o ko lāua home i ka Hurricane Rita. I ko lākou haʻi ʻana i kahi ʻelele FEMA e pili ana i ka uahi o kā lākou hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, "ʻakaʻaka nui kekahi o lākou a ʻōlelo mai, 'Lohe mākou i kēlā mai nā ʻano kanaka āpau. E wehe wale i kou mau puka a me kou mau puka makani,'” Ua haʻi ʻo Nancy, 63 makahiki iā Amanda Spake no kāna ʻatikala "Running on Fumes," ma Louisiana's Kūʻokoʻa Weekly.
Wahi a nā hōʻike i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hālāwai ʻaha kūkā i ka waena o Iulai, i ka wā i hōʻike ai nā kamaʻāina trailer i nā pilikia olakino mai ka uahi formaldehyde i ko lākou mau home i nā limahana kahua FEMA, ua hana nā luna kiʻekiʻe o FEMA i kā lākou mea maikaʻi loa e holoi i kā lākou hoʻopiʻi ma lalo o ka moena. Ua hoʻolaha ke Kōmike o ka Hale no ka Manaʻo a me ke Aupuni i kekahi o nā leka uila kūloko ʻoi aku ma mua o 5,000 i hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka uhi ʻana a me ka hōʻole ʻana—ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) "he kulekele kūhelu no ka naʻaupō mua. ”
Hoʻokahi kanaka, e make ana i ka lymphoma non-Hodgkin, ua koi ʻia e neʻe i loko o kahi motel ma hope o ka hiki ʻole iā ia ke hanu no ka mea ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka formaldehyde i kona māmā. Ua ʻae ʻo FEMA e uku i kāna bila motel–akā ma hope wale nō o ke kākau ʻana o kekahi limahana FEMA i nā luna, “Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻohe ona wahi e hele ai, a e make ana ʻo ia me ka maʻi kanesa. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hoʻi i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi no ka mea ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hopena ʻino i ka formaldehyde.
Ma hope mai, ua ʻoki kahi loio FEMA i ka uku motel ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻopau, e ʻōlelo ana i ke kanaka e hoʻāʻo i kahi hana aloha.
"ʻO kekahi o nā mea a mākou e ʻike nei ʻo ia ka nui o nā keiki e loaʻa ana i nā pilikia allergy a me nā pilikia hanu," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Lourna Bourg, ka luna hoʻokele o ka New Iberia, La.-based Southern Mutual Help Association, i haʻi aku iā Spake. "Ma muli o ka kokoke a me ka liʻiliʻi o nā kaʻa kaʻa FEMA, aia kekahi mau poʻe i hiki ʻole ke ʻae i ka uahi. Ua loaʻa iā mākou hoʻokahi wahine e noho ana i loko o kahi hale hoʻoheheʻe e hele i waho. "
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AKA ʻOiai makemake kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina kahiko i kahi palekana e noho ai, ʻike ka poʻe e like me Phyllis Taylor i nā hōʻailona kālā ke noʻonoʻo lākou i ka New Orleans hou.
I ka makahiki i hala, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka Nūhou kakahiaka Dallas, "Loaʻa iā mākou kahi manawa o ke ola a pau e kūkulu i kahi kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻEdena." Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ʻO kā mākou paʻakikī ke kūkulu hou ʻana o New Orleans, ʻoi aku ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka manawa kūpono e kūkulu hou ai i kahi ala maikaʻi aʻe."
ʻO kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi-ʻo ia hoʻi kahi ala ʻaʻole e komo i ka poʻe ʻilihune.
Ke loaʻa nei kekahi poʻe i ka manawa nui mai ka pōʻino Katrina. Ua ʻike koke ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Bush i nā manawa kūpono-a hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻaelike piliona kālā no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke Kai Kūʻai i nā hoaaloha hui e like me Bechtel a me Halliburton.
I ka wā e kiʻi ai i nā kino make, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo FEMA iā Kenyon International Emergency Services, kahi hui o Service Corporation International, kahi hui lawelawe hoʻolewa ma Texas e holo ʻia e Robert Waltrip, he hoaaloha pili o ka Bushes a me ka mea hāʻawi hoʻolaha nui, e like me CorpWatch.
Ua ʻōlelo ke aupuni pekelala ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā miliona e kūkulu hou i ka wahi, akā ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi nā hōʻike o ia mea ma ka ʻāina. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻohiki ke aupuni pekelala ma mua o $ 116 biliona no ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka ʻāina i luku ʻia. Akā, e like me ka hōʻike mai ka Institute for Southern Studies, emi iho ma mua o 42 pakeneka o ia kālā i lilo maoli.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hōʻike ua loaʻa i ka US Army Corps of Engineers he $8.4 biliona e hoʻihoʻi i nā pale ʻino e pono ai. Akā i ka mahina o Iulai, ua emi iho ma mua o 20 pakeneka o ke kālā.
"Hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka helu hoʻolimalima he $ 116 biliona he $ 3.5 biliona i nā hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka ʻoihana ma Gulf Opportunity a i ʻole 'GO' Zones ma waena o 91 mau parishes a me nā kalana ma Alabama, Louisiana a me Mississippi," wahi a ka Institute for Southern Studies. Hoʻolālā no ka hōʻike hou ʻana o Gulf.
"Akā, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā haʻihaʻi i lilo i mea pōmaikaʻi no ka poʻe ola ʻo Katrina. No ka laʻana, he $1 miliona no ke kūkulu ʻana i 10 mau hale kūʻai maikaʻi ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua pāʻani pôpeku o ke Kulanui o Alabama-ʻehā hola mai ke kahakai ʻo Gulf Coast.
I kēia manawa ma New Orleans' Ninth Ward, ua pena ʻia kekahi mau hale i ka “X” e ka National Guard e hōʻailona ai he kino make i loko.
Ke hāʻule nei ke aupuni federal i New Orleans-a ʻo ia hoʻi nā limahana e kūkulu hou nei i ke kūlanakauhale. I ka wā o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua ʻana, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hana pōʻino i nā hui i hana ʻino mau i nā limahana, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi iā lākou i nā mea pale a me ka uku ʻana iā lākou ma hope.
ʻO ia inā ua uku lākou iā lākou. Ua hōʻike nā limahana palapala ʻole i nā hui i kāhea aku i ka Immigration and Customs Enforcement i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai nā limahana e koi i ka uku a lākou. Wahi a ka Southern Poverty Law Center, ka mea i kamaʻilio me nā limahana ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,000 Gulf Coast, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka hapa nui i ka uku o ka manawa, ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe i hana 80 a 100 mau hola i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻOiai e hana ʻia ana kēia mau hana ʻino a pau, ua nānā ke aupuni federal i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope o Katrina, ke ʻike nei mākou i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o ka waiwai a me ka ʻilihune i hōʻike ʻia e Katrina–a ke ulu nei ka ʻino i nā manawa a pau.
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