City Adrift : New Orleans Before and After Katrina /

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 flo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergal, Jenni (Author)
Corporate Author: Center for Public Integrity (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Katrina > Hurrikan
Disaster victims > Services for.
Disaster relief.
Crisis management in government.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Victimes de catastrophes > Services > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Administration publique > Gestion de crise > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Crisis management in government > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster relief > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster victims > Services for > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
New Orleans, La.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > History > 21st century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807133866

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