Katrina: Stories of Rescue, Recovery and Rebuilding in the Eye of the Storm
- ISBN-10
- 1596700300
- ISBN-13
- 9781596700307
- Series
- Katrina
- Category
- Disaster victims
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing LLC
- Author
- Susan M. Moyer
Description
At 7 a.m. on August 29, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast between Grand Isle and the mouth of the Mississippi River as a strong Category 4 hurricane. The devastation she would bring to the Gulf Coast was widespread and unimaginable. Though warnings had been issued for days and evacuations initiated, thousands stood in the path of one of the strongest storms in the history of America. Left with no power, no drinking water, dwindling food supplies, and steadily rising waters from major levee breaches, survivors also faced life-threatening looting and widespread fires. Efforts to limit the flooding were initially unsuccessful and refugees from the hurricane fought for their very survival on the streets of New Orleans and throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. While tragedy and desperation brought out the worst in some, it also inspired courage and hope in others, giving them the will to triumph against incalculable odds.
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