Some three weeks after dis aster struck and the worstaffected US Gulf Coast ports are working towards securing a better future. The death toll from Katrina is lower than first feared (not on the scale of the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston and took 12,000 lives). But Katrina has caused homelessness and economic dislocation on a massive scale, with property damage estimated in the US$100-200 bill range.
In hindsight, the northern Gulf Coast ports escaped relatively unscathed, with the exception of the Gulfport (Miss), which juts into the Gulf of Mexico largely unprotected and was closest to the eye of the storm. But even this port is putting the emphasis on recovery....
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