Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming.
But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New
Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone
was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike and do
even more damage. Katrina was that hurricane, predictedand imagined
before she struck, but so much worse in her reality.
Holding Back the Sea is about the consequences of ignoring the
warning signs that nature provides and the struggle to convince the
rest of the country that South Louisiana lay in the path of
destruction. The signs were not subtle; there were Hurricanes
Andrew in 1992, George and Mitch in 1998, and Ivan in 2004, among
others. At one time or another in their journeys north, they all
threatened New Orleans. Some had headed right for the city before
veering to the east and west, sparing the Big Easy and reinforcing
the nickname. But the Big Easy ended -- at least in reputation --
on August 29, 2005, when the Big One came ashore as Katrina.
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