In remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of the devastation in NOLA from H. Katrina, here is a sampling of the many articles and programs on the topic:

• What Katrina left behind: New Orleans’ uneven recovery and unending divisions. Tourism and entrepreneurship are up and a river of federal money has flowed in – but places like the Lower Ninth Ward are still defined by absence and poverty

• Six Lessons.
• Many Katrina victims left New Orleans for good. What can we learn from them?
• New Orleans economic renaissance is not all it may seem 10 years after KatrinaHigh-profile entrepreneurs have moved to the city but with a drastic wealth gap and some big projects foundering a real recovery needs to be from the bottom up.
• NOTE to Readers: The Diva has been seeing references to a new book titled We’re Still Here, Ya Bastards (by Roberta Gratz); she would like to have someone who has read the book provide a review for this blog.
• The Effects of  H. Katrina on Displaced Children

UPDATES:

• Reader Chris Jones called my attention to the special feature on H. Katrina in the Oxford American magazine.
• ‘New Orleans West’: Houston is home for many evacuees 10 years after Katrina. Of the 250,000-odd people who escaped to Houston after hurricane Katrina, up to 100,000 likely remain there permanently a decade after the storm
• Article from the NY Times on 8/26
• Article on the NOLA economy, from the WSJ on August 27.

10 years after the storm: has New Orleans learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina?

A decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a reporter goes in search of the people who were at the heart of its recovery, to understand what the city has gone through – and where it might be heading.

From the Guardian, this article about the ongoing debate about how to redevelop the badly damaged 9th ward in New Orleans.

Update: The Guardian seems to have done several articles on New Orleans, and the links keep changing. If you want to track their coverage of the recovery, use the search box to find the articles.

Once again, evidence that recovery from disaster may take decades.

These photos show that the recovery was not exactly a miracle transformation, in many cases.  The photo technique is new to me.

Swipe the photos and see Hurricane Katrina disaster dissolve into present-day recovery

Former New Orleans mayor indicted on federal corruption charges, CNN, Jan. 18, 2013.

Some additional details, Jan. 19, 2013.

Image via Wikipedia

The Washington Post ( March 1)  reported on an unusual exchange by citizen activists aiding their communities during recovery. See:
Joplin tornado survivors learn Hurricane Katrina recovery lessons from New Orleans residents

NEW ORLEANS — The group came to help rebuild a city still struggling to find its way more than six years after Hurricane Katrina, and to learn some disaster recovery lessons they can take back to their own storm-ravaged Missouri community.