Foreword by Dan RatherHurricane 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.184 pages, 29 Halftones, 6 x 9

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