hurricane katrina, 2005

Recounts the true story of eight bottlenose dolphins and their trainers who survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

A budding musician named Saint, who earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, refuses to leave the city after the hurricane until he can find his best friend Shadow.

"Essence LaFontaine and Grace Woodson don't know each other, but soon Hurricane Katrina will blow into their lives, forcing them together into a different kind of storm--a storm swirling with the winds of bigotry and prejudice. The hurricane strikes with a fury and although sisters Essence and Chardonnai are rescued, their grandmother Mimmi stays behind with their skinny poodle, George. After terrifying hours in the Superdome they board a bus for the Houston Astrodome along with other victims of Hurricane Katrina, including a man named Harold, who Essence strongly suspects is her long-lost father. After Grace is suspended from St. Catherine's for her disobedient behavior, she accompanies her father, a psychologist, to the Astrodome to help with the evacuees"--Back cover.

Provides observations, commentary, emotion, tragedy, and even humor, in a way that celebrates the lives of those who endured Hurricane Katrina.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana--on August 29, 2005--journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting affects not just on the city's geography and infrastructure, but on the psychic, racial, and social fabric.

Learn about the awesome force of hurricanes, from how they form to the damage they leave in their wake.

A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.

Presents an accounting of Hurricane Katrina from start to finish, including rescue efforts and survivor stories.