Coastal AL Fishing Town Still Feels Forgotten After Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
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In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, then-Bayou la Batre mayor Stan Wright said he saw a sign someone had put up outside city hall that preached “hurricane readiness.”
“I told my guy to pull it up and throw it in the dumpster,” Wright remembered with a scoff and a shake of his head. “‘Hurricane readiness.’ You’re not ready for that, there is no hurricane readiness — that’s like tempting God or something...
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