Barrier islands like the Chandeleur Islands are constantly building, eroding, and shifting under the normal actions of wind and waves. A powerful storm like Katrina can produce changes that otherwise may have taken many years, and most of the changes seen here are probably the result of Katrina.
California experienced the largest decline in the number of people experiencing homelessness, 25,034 fewer since 2007. Other states with large declines included Texas (11,293 fewer people), Florida (6,527), New Jersey (5,643), and Oregon (5,426).
NYC Homeless Rate Increased 7 Percent in 2014. in News on Oct 31, 2014 1:30 pm. Courtesy Jesse Wright's flickr. The city's homeless population climbed up to 67,810 in 2014, according to a new national homelessness survey.