See Caption of Associated Press photo...Why These are victims...

Hurricane Katrina victims make their way to a waiting helicopter for evacuation at a temporary hospital set up at the New Orleans airport on Saturday, Sept. 3, 3005. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Other AP and Reuters photo captions that I viewed on yahoo's slide show showed people of all races. None of the photos I viewed use the word refugee. They are referred to as victims and evacuees. That's great!