CNN posted an article today summarizing a recent poll of victims living in the Houston area. The poll was done by the Washington Post and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Of those surveyed, less than half wish to return home. Many wish to permanently relocate to the Houston area. Moreover, two-thirds of respondents were renting their homes (rather than owned), almost 75% had no insurance to cover their losses, and more than half didn't have a usable credit card, checking, or savings account. A whopping 55% of victims said they didn't evacuate the city because they had no car or no way to leave. Unfortunately, these are yet more statistics to point out why the poor and disadvantaged victims were the ones who were the most affected.
Read the full article at
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/katrina.poll.ap/index.html.
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