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On the Record: Jon Batiste shares his Katrina make-or-break moment for the first time ever
The award-winning artist had to evacuate from New Orleans and watch terror unfold on his hometown from a hotel room. But Jon ...
History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function
States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...