Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic
breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in
horror as -- despite all the warnings and studies -- every system
that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals
buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of floodwater into
the city. Botched communications crippled rescue operations. Buses
that might have evacuated thousands never came. Hospitals lost
power, and patients lay suffering in darkness and stifling heat. At
least 1,400 Louisianans died in Hurricane Katrina, more than half
of them from New Orleans, and hundreds of thousands more were
displaced, many still wondering if they will ever be able to
return. How could all of this have happened in twenty-first-century
America? And could it all happen again?
To answer these questions, the Center for Public Integrity
commissioned seven seasoned journalists to travel to New Orleans
and investigate the storm's aftermath. In City Adrift: New Orleans
Before and After Katrina, they present their findings. The stellar
roster of contributors includes Pulitzer Prize-winner John McQuaid,
whose earlier work predicted the failure of the levees and the
impending disaster; longtime Boston Globe newsman Curtis Wilkie, a
French Quarter resident for nearly fifteen years; and Katy
Reckdahl, an award-winning freelance journalist who gave birth to
her son in a New Orleans hospital the day before Katrina hit.
They and the rest of the investigative team interviewed
homeowners and health officials, first responders and politicians,
and evacuees and other ordinary citizens to explore the storm from
numerous angles, including health care, social services, housing
and insurance, and emergency preparedness. They also identify the
political, social, geographical, and technological factors that
compounded the tragedy.
Comprehensive and balanced, City Adrift provides not only an
assessment of what went wrong in the Big Easy during and following
Hurricane Katrina, but also, more importantly, a road map of what
must be done to ensure that such a devastating tragedy is never
repeated.
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