- Paperback: 162 pages
- Publisher: Booksurge Publishing (30 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1419618512
- ISBN-13: 978-1419618512
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,790,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina smashed into a heavily populated part of the USA, specifically the city of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana.
The city was ruined. Over 1,100 people died.
This book examines the participants in this incredible event - the experts, the victims, the refugee camps and the fury of a major hurricane, from the initial warnings right through to the devastating and continuing aftermath.
From the Author
I am pleased to have this book published by Booksurge. It was written to assist researchers and future historians who may be trying to learn how a major US city was wrecked by a major hurricane.
It also aims to help them obtain some kind of impression - beyond mere facts - of the participants in this event, be they people, buildings, attitudes, acts of nature, engineering failures, political and bureaucratic failures, or human nature.
It also aims to help them obtain some kind of impression - beyond mere facts - of the participants in this event, be they people, buildings, attitudes, acts of nature, engineering failures, political and bureaucratic failures, or human nature.
Other books on the subject of Hurricane Katrina have taken the approach of a simple chronological narrative - this happened, then that happened, then something else happened. Other books are simply collections of "gee whiz" images - gee whiz, look at that big boat on the highway, gee whiz, look at the damaged casino, gee whiz, look at the flooding and misery.
I wanted to take a different approach, something perhaps more analytical and representative of the impact on a society, and from the point of view of that society, rather than, for argument's sake, the point of view of a meteorologist with a map and a timeline.
After all, most people are not really interested in clouds and windspeeds and air pressure. People are interested in how the monster called Hurricane Katrina knocked out New Orleans. And how people reacted. And who got blamed.
To achieve this I wrote many short chapters on many different aspects of the event. As a result it may sometimes be difficult for the reader to get a sense of the timeline for that chapter in relation to all the other chapters, but I feel that this is more than compensated for by the achievement of an overall historical record that captures the essence of the people and places who stood in the way of a mighty storm.
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