Hurricane Katrina Top Story of 2005: AP
TOP NEWS STORIES OF 2005
COMMENTARY
Hurricane Katrina touched so many lives in the Gulf Coast area. Having just recently relocated to DC, I was living in Mobile, Alabama when Hurricane Katrina struck. Situated on the outer fringes of destruction, the storm spared much of Mobile the catastrophe that befell Biloxi and points west. Because Mobile remained intact, almost overnight, the city transformed into a boomtown populated by refugees and relief workers. By the time I moved at the end of November, the strain's burden was apparent on local infrastructure and emotions. The Gulf Coast will never be the same.
In the story linked below are 2005's top 10 stories, as voted by AP members:
NEWSBYTE
Media: Hurricane Katrina Top Story of 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - The onslaught of Gulf Coast hurricanes, notably Katrina and the deadly flooding which devastated New Orleans, was overwhelmingly picked by U.S. editors and news directors as the top story of 2005 in The Associated Press' annual vote.
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COMMENTARYHurricane Katrina touched so many lives in the Gulf Coast area. Having just recently relocated to DC, I was living in Mobile, Alabama when Hurricane Katrina struck. Situated on the outer fringes of destruction, the storm spared much of Mobile the catastrophe that befell Biloxi and points west. Because Mobile remained intact, almost overnight, the city transformed into a boomtown populated by refugees and relief workers. By the time I moved at the end of November, the strain's burden was apparent on local infrastructure and emotions. The Gulf Coast will never be the same.
In the story linked below are 2005's top 10 stories, as voted by AP members:
NEWSBYTE
Media: Hurricane Katrina Top Story of 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - The onslaught of Gulf Coast hurricanes, notably Katrina and the deadly flooding which devastated New Orleans, was overwhelmingly picked by U.S. editors and news directors as the top story of 2005 in The Associated Press' annual vote.
TENSION: In the news
GRAVITY: Season's greetings
NOTE: Mouseover pictures for captions.
NOTE: All rights are reserved by image owners; site content is linked only.
Tags: politics, Gulf Coast, Hurricane, Wilma, tropical storm, photos, pictures, Katrina, news, Louisiana, New Orleans, Mississippi, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events
posted by Steven Moyer at 9:23 PM
2 Comments:
As a Mobilian, I was happy to see the boost in the economy.
But as a regular Joe citizen, it was a nightmare to get errands done. Shops ran out of stuff for all the extra business. I got turned away from Master Cuts of all places because of the crowd waiting for haircuts. And I had to beg Bebo's to take my car for an oil change before they closed down early for the day. That's the way things have been for the past several months!
Isabel
Hello Isabel, I agree with you about the traffic and crowds. It was like Christmas all over West Mobile. There were always long lines at Target and loads of extra cars at Sonic and Backyard Burger (my fave places).
When we moved, we sold our house to a couple from California -- as it turns out, the wife is the new exec director of the Jr. Miss pageant. How's that for some local trivia?
I'll say this, though, I miss Mobile. There is lot to be said for the way of life on the Gulf. I would miss it more had the storms not trashed the everything on the coast from Pensacola to New Orleans. I was particularly fond of Biloxi....
SM
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