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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 8/23/23: Hurricanes [1]
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Date: 2023-08-23
My home state of California recently survived Hurricane Hilary, who brought an earthquake with her as a housewarming present. 18 years ago today, another famous tropical storm was promoted to hurricane: Katrina. That storm went on to devastate much of the gulf coast.
Perhaps the most infamous hurricane of all time, Katrina devastated large swathes of the US Gulf Coast, particularly Louisiana, where the 'Big Easy' New Orleans was inundated with floodwaters after the city's levees broke. More than 1,836 people died.
Exacerbating one of the worst natural disasters in American history was the much criticized government response, particularly by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the Superdome in New Orleans, supplies were limited, leading to a rapid deterioration in conditions and an evacuation which took five days. Deaths from violence, reports of looting, thirst and starvation in Louisiana in the days after Katrina provoked harsh criticism of people like George W. Bush, mayor Ray Nagin, FEMA head Michael Brown (who resigned partway through the crisis) and others. Kanye West infamously said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" during a live broadcast for charity.
The breach of the levees caused catastrophic flooding in New Orleans - as much as 80% of it was flooded for weeks. The estimated cost of Katrina was $125 billion, tying it with Hurricane Harvey in 2017 as the costliest natural disaster in American history.
I forgot that part about Kanye. The indifferent response finally broke the hypnosis that Dubya and the neocons had put the country under.
New Orleans, LA, August 29, 2005 -- The breach in the 17th Street levee causing flooding in the city following Hurricane Katrina. Photograped at 6:43PM. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA
Anybody notice all the storms lined up in the Atlantic?
x No tropical systems are expected to impact the east coast at this time; however, multiple named storms are ongoing in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. We are steadily approaching the peak of Hurricane Season (September 10th) with Hurricane Season not ending until November 30th. pic.twitter.com/y0KNp0MK9m — NWS Burlington (@NWSBurlington) August 21, 2023
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