Together with other hurricanes that hit the area in the 2004 - 2005 hurricane seasons, the city lost around a third of their trees. (theravive.com)
Images were purchased after investigators considered that the damage did not look like other hurricane damage and appeared to be man - made. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
A peer - reviewed study of academic gains in New Orleans, conducted by Tulane economists and glossed over in the Times piece, compared the performance of New Orleans students with that of other hurricane - affected students, concluding that «we are not aware of any other districts that have made such large gains in such a short period of time.» (educationpost.org)