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City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina

By Center for Public Integrity (Editor), Dan Rather (Foreword by), Jenni Bergal (Contribution by), Sara Shipley Hiles (Contribution by), Frank Koughan (Contribution by), John McQuaid (Contribution by), Jim Morris (Contribution by), Curtis Wilkie (Contribution by), Katy Reckdahl (Contribution by)
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By Center for Public Integrity (Editor), Dan Rather (Foreword by), Jenni Bergal (Contribution by), Sara Shipley Hiles (Contribution by), Frank Koughan (Contribution by), John McQuaid (Contribution by), Jim Morris (Contribution by), Curtis Wilkie (Contribution by), Katy Reckdahl (Contribution by)
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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 stif...

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