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Published December 11, 2009, 12:00 AM

DECADE'S END: Katrina


AUG. 30, 2005: Evelyn Turner, right, with friends and family, waits with the body of her common-law husband, Xavier Bowie, after he died in New Orleans. Xavier and Turner had decided to ride out Hurricane Katrina when they could not find away to leave the city. Xavier, who had lung cancer, died when he ran out of oxygen. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

  • AUG. 30, 2005: Evelyn Turner, right, with friends and family, waits with the body of her common-law husband, Xavier Bowie, after he died in New Orleans. Xavier and Turner had decided to ride out Hurricane Katrina when they could not find away to leave the city. Xavier, who had lung cancer, died when he ran out of oxygen. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
  • SEPT. 1, 2005: A U.S. military helicopter makes a food and water drop to survivors of Hurricane Katrina near the Convention Center in New Orleans. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • SEPT. 1, 2005: Hurricane Katrina victims wait at the Convention Center in New Orleans. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • SEPT. 1, 2005: Residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. At an estimated $81 billion in property damage, it is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But to many, especially to those in greater New Orleans, this catastrophe was anything but an act of God. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)<br /><br />
  • SEPT. 1, 2005: Milvertha Hendricks, 84, center waits in the rain with other flood victims outside the convention center in New Orleans, in this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remainedand had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels and remain in the city awaiting a way out. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • SEPT. 3, 2005: Tanisha Blevin, 5, holds the hand of fellow Hurricane Katrina victim Nita LaGarde, 105, as they are evacuated from the Convention Center in New Orleans, La. Hunderds of people waited several days to be evacuated. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />