hurricane katrina, 2005

Details the experiences of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American and New Orleans resident, and his family, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and describes how he was arrested and falsely imprisoned because of his ethnicity.

The 2005 hurricane season was the most devastating in history. There were fifteen hurricanes, four of which reached Category 5 strength. The Mississippi Gulf Coast was where Katrina hit full force with high winds and a thiry-foot storm surge and the small town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi was reduced to rubble. Bay St. Louis was the former home of CNN correspondent Kathleen Koch and she found herself reporting on the hurricane from her own town and her own concrete pad where her house once stood.

Written by former Under Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Brown, this book tells his side of the response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the greatest natural disasters to occur in the United States. Without making excuses for himself, Brown describes in detail the federal response to the disaster. What Brown and others in government did not anticipate, was the fact that New Orleans' levees could be breached, waffling leadership, interfering media, and self-serving politicians seeking to score points with the government.

Offers a comprehensive account of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating impact on the city of New Orleans, describing how the storm destroyed the city and revealed serious flaws in the government's emergency response system and drawing on scientific research to explain why other equally destructive storms will happen in the future.

Chronicles the Hurricane Katrina disaster, covering the storm's landfall, the impact of storm-surge flooding on New Orleans, the rest of Louisiana, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and government mismanagement at the city, state, and federal levels.

A group of children from the Mississippi Gulf Coast share their personal stories of Hurricane Katrina.

In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.

Explores the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005, describing the storm, rescue work, and the rebuilding process.