''It was the beginning of hip hop culture, and Zulu Nation members were at the epicentre of it. ''I'd probably be dead if it wasn't for getting straight into hip hop culture, and making a culture out of it, and bringing a lot of my people from that type of way,'' Bambaataa told a journalist in 2008.
The damage Katrina has cost in numbers is the following: Hurricane Katrina: Hurricane Katrina devastation: â¢ 1,836 people died in the hurricane and. â¢ An estimated $90 billion worth of damage. Hurricane Katrina managed to destroy the whole Gulf Cost even hundreds of miles away from its centre. The only similar disaster the United States remember to this was back in 1928 when Hurricane Okeechobee stroke.
Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf region, killing nearly 2,000 and displacing more than 250,000 others from Louisiana to Florida. This week, in a series titled Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After, FoxNews.com looks back on the costliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, leaving a legacy of death and destruction in its wake, the storm's immediate effects were evident.But now, five years later, the long-term effects on the devastated populationâs mental and physical health still linger.his week, in a series titled Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After, FoxNews.com looks back on the costliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, leaving a legacy of death and destruction in its wake, the storm's immediate effects were evident.