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Kenner, LA April, 2009
Kenner After Katrina
FEMA obligated more than $31 million to help rebuild the City of Kenner after the storm. $1.2
million of the funding focused on the area along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain.
We hadn't had a storm in 40 years when Katrina hit.
We had a lot of floodwaters, a lot of roof damage.
People were disrupted and uprooted for a
long, long time. Now we all learned a lot in
Katrina, and we've done a lot of things since Katrina to be prepared.
Lake Pontchartrain is a very bountiful lake,
there are probably 20 species of fish in the
lake. They have crab, shrimp. It's recreational
from the standpoint that people love to go out there.
They like to fish. The pier gives them an
opportunity to fish at no cost in one of the most bountiful lakes.
The pier, it was destroyed twice. Once by a storm, and once by some other natural event.
We are rebuilding the pier with FEMA money,
but we're also going to find local funds to
repair the pier in such a way that it might
withstand these hurricanes. Laketown is going
to be a major area for the city once it's complete. It's a major area now.
Well, let me say this. Thank God for FEMA.
People now get the message, you have to
take hurricane season very seriously. We pray
to God that it goes back, that there's another
40 years, but if that's not the case, we're as ready as we can be.
For more information, visit www.fema.gov