Hurricane Katrina remembered after Haiti's earthquake

The news of of the earthquake in Haiti reminded me a lot of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. I was about to head down to New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina happened. So I wasn't there for the hurricane, but I went there shortly after and spent six months as a volunteer and living in a volunteer camp.

Much of what people need during these times is the same. The circumstances of an earthquake and a hurricane are different. Along the Gulf Coast, there was warning and most of the people evacuated. In the Haiti earthquake, there was no warning, so there were many more deaths and many more injured people. In most areas that were severely affected by Hurricane Katrina, people were not allowed into the area for an extended period of time. For people in Haiti, generally, there was nowhere to go. So, the immediate needs were different. And, because Haiti is on an island in the Caribbean, how help arrives and who goes will be very different.
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