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City Adrift : New Orleans Before and after Katrina by Frank Koughan (2007, Hardcover)

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CITY ADRIFT: NEW ORLEANS BEFORE & AFTER KATRINA By Center For Public Integrity, Dan Rather, Jenni Bergal, Sara Shipley Hiles, Frank Koughan, John Mcquaid, Jim Morris, Curtis Wilkie, Katy Reckdahl - Hardcover **BRAND NEW**.

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Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in horror as--despite all the warnings and studies--every system that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of floodwater into the city. Botched communications crippled rescue operations. Buses that might have evacuated thousands never came. Hospitals lost power, and patients lay suffering in darkness and stifling heat. At least 1,400 Louisianans died in Hurricane Katrina, more than half of them from New Orleans, and hundreds of thousands more were displaced, many still wondering if they will ever be able to return. How could all of this have happened in twenty-first-century America? And could it all happen again? To answer these questions, the Center for Public Integrity commissioned seven seasoned journalists to travel to New Orleans and investigate the storm's aftermath. In City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina, they present their findings. The stellar roster of contributors includes Pulitzer Prize-winner John McQuaid, whose earlier work predicted the failure of the levees and the impending disaster; longtime Boston Globe newsman Curtis Wilkie, a French Quarter resident for nearly fifteen years; and Katy Reckdahl, an award-winning freelance journalist who gave birth to her son in a New Orleans hospital the day before Katrina hit. They and the rest of the investigative team interviewed homeowners and health officials, first responders and politicians, and evacuees and other ordinary citizens to explore the storm from numerous angles, including health care, social services, housing and insurance, and emergency preparedness. They also identify the political, social, geographical, and technological factors that compounded the tragedy. Comprehensive and balanced, City Adrift provides not only an assessment of what went wrong in the Big Easy during and following Hurricane Katrina, but also, more importantly, a road map of what must be done to ensure that such a devastating tragedy is never repeated.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807132845
ISBN-13
9780807132845
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59053988

Product Key Features

Book Title
City Adrift : New Orleans before and after Katrina
Author
Frank Koughan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Natural Disasters, Public Affairs & Administration, Violence in Society, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), American Government / National
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature, Science, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
184 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv636
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2007-005276
Dewey Decimal
976.3/35064
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by preiswetteJun 24, 2009
a catastrophy architecture
excellent research was made by the seven journalists who wrote this book. Every manager of an organization with social responsibility would get an idea from it how failure instead of preparedness could make any catastrophy much more deadly than necessary. The breakdown of communications systems, the appropriate research on models of the levees after and not before the storm, chaos in the places where the weakest, the elderly and the sick people were gathered, the failure of several organizations from Red Cross to FEMA, the tricks of the insurances to pay as few as possible, and a political background and regional history that was a good base for failure. Several pictures are added to the well-written texts, showing people who are mentioned in the text or the situation after the storm. 20 extra-pages with notes about the sources give an impression of how substantial and well-founded the texts of the book are. Having seen documentations about the hurricane aftermath I have a comparison, and the result of it is that I say "Yes, I recommend the book"Read full review
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