The great deluge
Subtitle: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
By: Douglas Brinkley.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 716
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
Notes: Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Ignoring the inevitable; August 27 (Saturday) -- Shouts and whispers; August 27 (Saturday) -- Storm vs. shoreline; August 28 (Sunday) -- The winds come to Louisiana; August 28-29 (Sunday-Monday) -- What was the Mississippi gulf coast; August 29 (Monday) -- The busted levee blues; August 29 (Monday) -- "I've been FEMA-ed"; August 29 (Monday) -- Water rising; August 30 (Tuesday) -- City without answers; August 30 (Tuesday) -- The smell of death; August 31 (Wednesday) -- Blindness; August 31 (Wednesday) -- The intense irrationality of a Thursday; September 1 (Thursday) -- "It's our time now"; September 1 (Thursday) -- The Friday shuffle and Saturday relief; September 2-3 (Friday-Saturday) -- Getaway (or X marks the spot); September 3 (Saturday) and beyond.
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