Photographs of Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort 2005

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States.

The most severe loss occurred in New Orleans, which flooded as the levee system failed catastrophically, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland.

On October 7th, me and band of volunteers drove down to help out where we could. These photographs document the week-long event.

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