/ HBO Around this time 17 years ago, Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, and permanently changed life for thousands of people across the country. "A week after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans state officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say once the canal level is drawn down two feet, Pumping Station 6 can begin pumping water out of the bowl-shaped city. A Tropical Depression with 35 mph maximum sustained winds is located 250 miles east-southeast of southeast Florida. They lost 15 high-water trucks with mobile communications packages. Why Hurricane Katrina Was Not a Natural Disaster [Congressman] Bobby Jindal is there, the senators Landrieu and [David] Vitter, and Congressman [William] Jefferson. 14 Days - A Timeline | The Storm | FRONTLINE | PBS At landfall, Katrina's maximum winds were about 125 miles per hour (mph) to the east of its center. The storm has ripped a hole in the Superdome where the power has gone out. Hurricane Katrina Horror Stories Mayor Ray Nagin orders the total evacuation of New Orleans due to the dangers posed by the contaminated standing water. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. He says his team only saw a fraction of the desperate people who sought assistance. Go up there, face to face and say, "What is happening here? Where is food? There are still areas that look like Katrina hit yesterday. On June 4, 2006, Pamela Mahogany was interviewed for her personal experience involving the events following Hurricane Katrina. Phyllis Montana-LeBlancthe breakout star of Spike Lees When the Levees Broke documentary and author of Not Just the Levees Broke: My Story During and After Katrina (and a consultant on David Simons new post-Katrina HBO drama)writes below about why viewers should still care about New Orleans four years later, and why Trouble the Water just may be the wakeup call we need.
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