August 21, 2011
In New Orleans, a Volunteer Group Gets Creative to Keep City Residents Safe
Photographs courtesy of Evacuteer.org
Robert X. Fogarty, co-founder of Evacuteer.org, spent an afternoon in the French Quarter as a living statue for a fund-raising campaign.
When the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, dramatic rooftop rescues and the miseries of the Superdome were searing reminders that thousands of residents cannot evacuate the city on their own because they don’t have the money, transportation, or a place to go.
The city has since developed an evacuation plan, which designates 17 locations throughout New Orleans where residents can board city-chartered buses. Right now the signs that mark the pickup spots are
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