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Louisiana Considered: Operation Blue Roof, New Orleans Trash Parade, Residents With Disabilities’ Pleas For Help Went Unheard During Hurricane Ida

By Patrick Madden
Published September 20, 2021 at 8:53 PM CDT
Trash, vegetal debris and storm damage waits to be picked up on Tchoupitoulas Street, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.
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Trash, vegetal debris and storm damage waits to be picked up on Tchoupitoulas Street, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hurricane Recovery Mission deputy commander Lt. Col. Robert Warren Green explains how the Army Corps of Engineers’ Blue Roof program works and why the wait for free tarp installation on roofs damaged by Hurricane Ida is so long. Operation Blue Roof will stop accepting applications for free blue roof installations on September 30.
  • In a story aired today during NPR’s Morning Edition, WWNO City Hall reporter Ryan Nelsen reports on this weekend’s Trash Parade, where New Orleans residents protested the city’s failure to resume trash pickup services after Hurricane Ida.
  • The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reporter Emily Woodruff discusses her recent article on the state’s failure to assist residents with disabilities during Hurricane Ida. Residents on special needs registries are supposed to be provided with emergency plans and options during emergencies like hurricanes, but many people with disabilities never received the help they were promised by state and parish governments.
Louisiana Considered
Patrick Madden
Patrick was the Regional News Director for the news collaboration between WRKF Baton Rouge and WWNO New Orleans, from 2019 through 2023.
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