Pilottown, Louisiana
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Pilottown is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It serves as a base for river pilots to guide ships across the bar and up and down the Mississi
Pilottown in the 1880s
Pilottown, Louisiana, as ships pass by on the Mississippi
Before Katrina
The active front of the Mississippi Delta. Pilottown is located just north of the main fork.
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed 1,392 people and caused damage estimated at $125 billion, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans,
Katrina at peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on August 28
Flanked by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, left, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush meets with members of the Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Recovery on August 31, 2005.
Damage to a mobile home in Davie, Florida following Hurricane Katrina
Flooding in Venice, Louisiana