New Orleans Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Hurricane Rita==== {{Main|Hurricane Rita}} The city was declared off-limits to residents while efforts to clean up after [[Hurricane Katrina]] began. The approach of [[Hurricane Rita]] in September 2005 caused repopulation efforts to be postponed,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/15/katrina.impact/index.html |title=Mayor: Parts of New Orleans to reopen |date=September 15, 2005 |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=May 2, 2006 |archive-date=June 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618093145/http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/15/katrina.impact/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Lower Ninth Ward]] was reflooded by Rita's storm surge.<ref name="184_Katrina1"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page