<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - katrina-tour</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/katrina-tour</link><description>Newsvine - katrina-tour</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:37:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Katrina victims take on hurricane tour operators</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops when the levees failed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Plaisance]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stacey Plaisance]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14216449-katrina-victims-take-on-hurricane-tour-operators</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14216449-katrina-victims-take-on-hurricane-tour-operators</guid><category>us</category><category>katrina</category><category>flap</category><category>tour</category><category>bus</category><category>hurricane-katrina</category><category>us-news</category><category>tour-bus</category><category>some-new-orleans</category><category>katrina-tour</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:26:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3da19587-f794-4a27-a305-d6be2f28c0fa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3da19587-f794-4a27-a305-d6be2f28c0fa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A tour bus turns a corner in the Lower 9th Ward section of New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1290cb7-06c6-44f1-93ee-8ffb15c09bfa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1290cb7-06c6-44f1-93ee-8ffb15c09bfa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kathy Stewart, of Enfield, Ill., looks at a blighted home as the tour bus she is riding in passes through the Upper 9th Ward in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0c2eeb9-79e5-4765-ae1d-e9706c2def48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0c2eeb9-79e5-4765-ae1d-e9706c2def48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE PHOTO - In this Aug. 25, 2011 file photo, destroyed buildings and overgrown weeds are seen from Flood St. looking towards Caffin St. in the Lower 9th Ward section of New Orleans.   Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4425963e-3ebd-46b9-a2e5-ec229b4681ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4425963e-3ebd-46b9-a2e5-ec229b4681ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bobby and Christine Norman, of Mechanicsville, Va., react as their tour van passes a blighted home in the Upper 9th Ward section of New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4779ef9-8596-4584-ad22-cc2d8b316df7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4779ef9-8596-4584-ad22-cc2d8b316df7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Children play on a sidewalk int he Lower 9th Ward second of New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad57a8c0-9d62-41dd-97a3-afdd7c61fbf4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad57a8c0-9d62-41dd-97a3-afdd7c61fbf4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lower 9th Ward resident Gloria Guy talks on her front porch in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Residents and the City of New Orleans may be pushing back against tour companies ushering out-of-towners into to the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood made famous when floodwalls and levees failed in 2005, pushing homes off their foundations and stranding residents on rooftops. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>