Katrina, Rita, and Wilma:
  • Caused more than $100 billion of damage along the Gulf Coast.
  • Displaced more than one million people.
 
How bank deposits can help:
 
One of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
— 
 Associated Press, September 6, 2005
A lot of people in America are anxious to help storm victims.  Get us the money to do our jobs and we'll help get people back on their feet.
— 
 Alden J. McDonald Jr., President and Chief Executive, New Orleans-based Liberty Bank Trust, Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2005
We kind of want it to happen overnight, or I do, but it’s going to take some time.  This could be five to 25 years for it all to fit in place.
— 
 Donald E. Powell, White House Coordinator for the Rebuilding Effort, March 30, 2006
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