Like stats? I compiled this out of an article at msnbc.com:
43% of evacuees plan to return to NO.
44% plan to settle somewhere else.
66% of those who plan to settle somewhere else will stay in Houston.
70% do not have a savings or checking account.
80% have no one that they can stay with until they get back on their feet.
60% had family incomes of less than $20,000 last year.
50% have children younger than 18.
12.5% were unemployed when the storm hit.
70% have no insurance to cover their losses.
50% had no health insurance.
40% suffered from heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or were physically disabled.
33% who stayed said they never heard the mandatory order to evacuate issued by the mayor the day before the storm hit.
28% said they heard the order but did not understand what they were to do.
36% acknowledged they heard the order, understood it but did not leave.
In hindsight, 56 percent said they could have evacuated while 42 percent said it was impossible.
33% of the interviewees said they had been trapped in their homes and had to be rescued.
40% spent at least a day living outdoors on the street.
40% were rescued by the Coast Guard, National Guard, police officers or firefighters.
25% had friends or neighbors helped them to safety.
24% managed to reach safe havens on their own.
33% were trapped in the city without their prescription drugs.
20% managed to survive the storm, only to be threatened or assaulted by other survivors in the chaos that followed Katrina.
43% of evacuees plan to return to NO.
44% plan to settle somewhere else.
66% of those who plan to settle somewhere else will stay in Houston.
70% do not have a savings or checking account.
80% have no one that they can stay with until they get back on their feet.
60% had family incomes of less than $20,000 last year.
50% have children younger than 18.
12.5% were unemployed when the storm hit.
70% have no insurance to cover their losses.
50% had no health insurance.
40% suffered from heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or were physically disabled.
33% who stayed said they never heard the mandatory order to evacuate issued by the mayor the day before the storm hit.
28% said they heard the order but did not understand what they were to do.
36% acknowledged they heard the order, understood it but did not leave.
In hindsight, 56 percent said they could have evacuated while 42 percent said it was impossible.
33% of the interviewees said they had been trapped in their homes and had to be rescued.
40% spent at least a day living outdoors on the street.
40% were rescued by the Coast Guard, National Guard, police officers or firefighters.
25% had friends or neighbors helped them to safety.
24% managed to reach safe havens on their own.
33% were trapped in the city without their prescription drugs.
20% managed to survive the storm, only to be threatened or assaulted by other survivors in the chaos that followed Katrina.