Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News/epa/Corbis About 2,000 medical evacuees remain at Louis Armstrong Airport, which has become a staging area for responders and injured refugees. I talk to her every other day, and thats her main question How long is it going to be? "Some bad things happened, you know. In fact, at the headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard, located in the Lower NinthWard, soldiers were not yet aware that the levees were giving way. Producer Martin Smith: Were they going back and forth with each other? Watch it: To understand what went wrong in the governments response to Katrina. [Note: The information in this timeline is drawn from the news and government agencies' reports, as published daily during the crisis, and from FRONTLINE's research and reporting.]. But by late morning, when FEMA director Michael Brown arrives in Baton Rouge, water is already coming over levees in the 9th Ward and there are reports of breaks in the Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal levees. 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. Around this time 17 years ago, Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, and permanently changed life for thousands of people across the country. The Louisiana Superdome, once a mighty testament to architecture and ingenuity, became the biggest storm shelter in New Orleans the day before Katrina's arrival Monday. Around this time 17 years ago, Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, and permanently changed life for thousands of people across the country. President Bush flies over the area on his way back to Washington. A final, official tally of those killed in the disaster is still not in. When we didn't get any assistance from the state or from FEMA in the time period that we thought was appropriate, I got someone in an automobile and said, 'Go to Baton Rouge, go find out. With all due respect, Mr. President, if you and the governor don't get on the same page, this event is going to continue to spiral down, and it's going to be a black eye on everybody -- federal, state and local.' Half of telephone service is back. Issues of race, class, government response and responsibility, and political rivalries interweave with personal stories of challenges faced and decisions made. And he was the first guy that told us about the amount of devastation and the levee breaches. A shaft of light falls throught an opening in the fully evacuated Superdome on Sept. 5, 2005 in New Orleans, La. Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina, Edward Buckles Jr. asks what happened to the generation of kids who grew up with that trauma in the documentary "Katrina Babies" on HBO Max. Then we kind of figure out ways that we could coordinate. Walter Maestri, Jefferson Parish emergency manager: Richard Falkenrath, Homeland Security Adviser (2001-2004): In Fight Against ISIS, a Lose-Lose Scenario Poses Challenge for West. And he said: 'Mr. Katrina first made landfall in South Florida. Lewis says she was raped on Monday, Aug. 29, the day of the storm. Met in the little office at the Super Dome where the heliport is. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he'll follow the state evacuation plan and will not call for mandatory evacuation until 30 hours before projected landfall. TV-PG. Exclusive: A Former MPD Lieutenant Reported Another Cop. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warning: But Mayor Nagin goes on radio and castigates state and federal officials for their inaction and demands they "fix the biggest god-damn crisis in the history of this country." My old high school, Joseph S. Clark, shut down, and we dont even have parks yet for kids to hang out inthats what we did in the 70s, at leastIm still trying to petition for these things, to organize our community, and these fool ass people have not yet gotten down here to rebuild. In New Orleans last year, there was a rape every other day on average. More than four days after the storm hit, the caravan of at least three-dozen camouflage-green troop vehicles and supply trucks arrived along with dozens of air-conditioned buses to take refugees out of the city. Locals adopt it in their idea of the city. Flew into the city. authenticate users, apply security measures, and prevent spam and abuse, and, display personalised ads and content based on interest profiles, measure the effectiveness of personalised ads and content, and, develop and improve our products and services. Its efforts fail. But while the Superdome has been reclaimed, those stories of trauma remain, and some roil pretty close to . On that first night after the storm, the city had lost power, and she was sleeping in a dark hallway, trying to catch a breeze. Follow a day-by-day account of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, from its birth in the Atlantic Ocean to its catastrophic effects: flooded streets, flattened homes, and horrific loss of life. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe#NationalGeographic #HurricaneKatrina #StormsAbout National Geographic:National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Since many New Orleans streets are still filled with stagnant, fetid waters smelling of garbage and raw sewage, the military was considering using planes to spray for mosquitoes.". Explore FRONTLINEs collected and ongoing reporting on Russia's war on Ukraine. But for five days in the midst of the storm, about 20,000 of these . Trachelle Addison cuddles her 2-week-old son, Jirra-e, in the stands of the Superdome, where some 25,000 refugees took shelter after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. He says his team only saw a fraction of the desperate people who sought assistance. The storm that would later become Hurricane Katrina surfaced on August 23, 2005, as a tropical depression over the Bahamas, approximately 350 miles (560 km) east of Miami. 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"Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks perhaps longer. It is 250 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Mississippi and Louisiana governors declare states of emergency. The Times-Picayune reports that Jefferson Parish residents are allowed to return to the area to inspect the damage to their homes.The breach in the 17th Street Canal is finally repaired, and engineers continue to work on other levee breaks. Ms. Blanco, she left and walked out. It was there, she says, that an unknown man with a handgun sexually assaulted her. It has been nearly six years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf of Mexico cutting a swathe of devastation and shock through the psyche of the American people. At least one half of well constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. The Army Corps of Engineers projects it could take 80 days to pump the water out of the city. But I am happy to help, even if it takes me an extra two hours at the grocery store. He estimates 5,000 to 10,000 people are still in the city, with many of them still waiting to be rescued. More than four days after the storm hit, the caravan of at least three-dozen camouflage-green troop vehicles and supply trucks arrived along with dozens of air-conditioned buses to take refugees out of the city. The California Disaster Medical Assistance Team spent 24 hellish hours inside the Superdome. But prosecutors have struggled to hold officers accountable. "And so now I think it's swung the other direction and it's underreported. FEMA National Situation Update: Judy Benitez is executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, a statewide coalition of rape crisis centers. 49 But it was the subsequent flooding of New Orleans that imposed catastrophic public health conditions on the people of southern . With camera lenses and lights abounding, the . It took me too long and I worked too hard to build what I had here.. On Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made its historic landfall on the Gulf Coast, hitting a number of cities along the Louisiana-Mississippi border, with the eye . We arent looking for a handout, but its hard to believe that the city that we love (and everyone lovesthe Mardi Gras, the jazz, the hospitality!) Neville says she was sexually assaulted early the morning of Aug. 31st, while she was sleeping on the roof of Drew Elementary School in the Bywater Neighborhood, where she and others had taken refuge. Its just rawits a look at the poorest people of the Ninth Ward, and those who couldnt afford to leave, and if you have a heart in your body, you will feel this film 100 percent. As a shocking New Orleans documentary airs on HBO tonight, Phyllis Montana-LeBlancbestselling author and gutsy survivorexplains why the city is still drowning. I think the American Red Cross already had shelters and was already feeding people. Buckles' intimate connection to the people he interviews many of them family members, friends, and former . A hurricane warning is issued for north central Gulf . There are still areas that look like Katrina hit yesterday. And he had flown in a helicopter. But they're designed for short hauls.". Thousands of troops poured into the city September. ISIS is in Afghanistan, But Who Are They Really? But the problem was that because of the fear that resulted from the civil unrest, the bus drivers said, 'We're not going in there to pick these people up unless you put a law enforcement official on every one of the buses, because we're afraid. "I think that that was probably over-reported," he says. "We know about all the other things that happened, all the thefts, all the robberies. Here's the things I think we need to focus on. She requests President Bush to declare a state of emergency in Louisiana. There was all kinds of crime taking place on a much higher level than usual. ". The police department -- reeling from desertions, flooding and the immensity of the disaster -- was in a survival mode itself. "Drug and alcohol use is another contributing factor, and no police presence to prevent them from doing whatever they wanted to, to whomever they wanted to.". My sense now is there are victims out there whose stories haven't been heard.". special video+discussion+teacher's guide+readings & links The death toll in the city is not known, but the dying continues as people succumb to illness, exhaustion and days without food and water. That she could turn this 15 minutes of footage into an Oscar-nominated documentaryIm amazed by it. I wasnt poor before Katrina, and Im certainly not poor afterward, but Trouble the Water pisses me off all over again, in a good way. I said, 'All of us are going to leave right now, and they're going to work this out right now. Kathleen Blanco: I've heard some terrible stories since that the stuff wasn't getting there. Widespread looting continues. Glover, you dont know me, but Im Phyllis, and I was in another Katrina documentary and I have to see this film! He grabbed onto me and I wouldnt let go until I got a seat insidethats the way I am. When presented with the additional cases collected by victims' advocates groups, Benelli acknowledges that the police simply doesn't know the extent of sex crimes after the storm. ', And the president was a little stunned, and he kind of stepped back, and he recovered. Hurricane Katrina created enormous public health and medical challenges, especially in Louisiana and MississippiStates with public health infrastructures that ranked 49th and 50th in the Nation, respectively. In September 2006, the New Orleans Saints marched into the Superdome for their first game since Hurricane Katrina, providing the spark for a revival. - Severe flooding damage to cities along the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to . '", Mayor Ray Nagin Thousands more were unable to evacuate, including the nearly 25,000 who sheltered in the Superdome. You'll receive access to exclusive information and early alerts about our documentaries and investigations. I n the HBO documentary Katrina Babies, young teen Meisha Williams recollects her experience surviving the 2005 hurricane that displaced approximately 200,000 New Orleans residents. And he said: 'No, you don't have to leave. Producer Martin Smith: So we're just eating sandwiches and making nice while people are stranded on rooftops? By the end of the day, it is upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina, with 50 mph maximum sustained winds. Find out in the 2015 documentary Outbreak, newly available to stream on FRONTLINEs YouTube channel. The Times-Picayune reports the Convention Center evacuees are still being loaded onto buses and evacuated and search-and-rescue operations continue. What I hope people will realize when they see Trouble the Water is that we still have so much to do here, and that Katrina really changed so many lives, but we are a really resilient people and we want our city to come back. Some parishes order mandatory evacuations. Buckles, who wrote and directed the documentary . At 10 a.m., the Thorntons headed together to the Superdome. [Governor Blanco] probably should have asked sooner. He also announces that the Superdome will be "a shelter of last resort for evacuees with special needs." HBO. By the end of the day, the projected storm surge is 18 to 22 feet, locally as high as 28 feet. Ten years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast and generated a huge disaster. By afternoon, officials issue a citywide call for more boats to help. People continue to head towards the Superdome, which is now surrounded by water. Nicola Mann and Victoria Pass. "The fact that something wasn't reported to the police doesn't mean it didn't happen," Benitez says. ", "Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to get out A direct hit could wind up submerging New Orleans in several feet of water At least 100,000 people in the city lack transportation to get out Louisiana and Mississippi make all lanes northbound on interstate highways", Note: In the last hours before Katrina made landfall, dozens of copies of the, "To cries of 'Thank you, Jesus!' I laid that out for him. At the peak of the Katrina recovery effort, 51,039 National Guard soldiers from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and three territories worked in Louisiana and Mississippi, making Katrina by far . Concerned over unreported and underreported rapes, her organization, together with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center -- which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- created a national database to track sexual assaults that happened after Katrina. He Says He Paid a Price. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. City officials say 80 percent of New Orleans is flooded. " Troops poured in to restore order after almost a week of near-anarchy. We can only deal with what we know.". They lost 15 high-water trucks with mobile communications packages. Newly rescued people are still being brought to the Superdome. by JOHN DORN. In an effort to get victims to come forward, the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault asked Charmaine Neville, a popular New Orleans jazz singer, to tape a public service announcement for national airplay. Thats why films like Trouble the Water are so important, and why its great that its making it to a wide audience via HBO. As of Nov. 22, 2005, more than 900 people are known to have died in New Orleans. Your email address will not be published. After being damaged by. hurricane katrina anniversary: 40 powerful photos of New Orleans after the storm. He had been shot by a rookie police officer while walking through the parking lot of a run-down strip mall, and his brother had brought Glover who was curled up and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest to a temporary SWAT compound seeking medical attention. The city floods further. The storm flooded New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 people, and caused . More than 1,800 people died in what was the costliest . And the mayor began to tell us some of the things that he needed. Walter Maestri, Jefferson Parish emergency manager: We'd sent them all the information they needed. It was late August, and some of the staff of the NREMT and I were attending the combined NAEMT conference and EMS Expo in New . An estimated 25,000 angry and exhausted people are still at the Convention Center; buses begin arriving to evacuate them. After the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in the 1990s, the world vowed never again. Then came the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, which began 20 years ago. When Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans poet Shelton Alexander to evacuate his home, he took his truck and video camera to the Superdome. If we arent talking about what we still need, how can we be sure people wont forget?. Theme Foto Blog by, Hundreds Evacuated as Vanuatu Braces for Second Cyclone in 2 Days. The National Guards didn't want to hear it.". The Times-Picayune reports that the breaches in the 17th Street and Florida Avenue Canals have been repaired and power is restored to the Warehouse and Central Business Districts. And, in 2004, FEMA sponsored a disaster planning exercise in which the scenario was a major hurricane striking New Orleans. So I went to the premiere, knowing Danny Glover was hosting it, and I couldnt get into the screeningso I texted Spike Lee, who directed When the Levees Broke, the documentary I was in, and asked him to pull some strings, but he didnt have Dannys number. 11.1.2005. It regained strength as its path turned northwest. 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. The price tag has not yet been determined. He escaped the ch. I don't think that's the proper thing to do. Over 1,800 people lost their lives in the hurricane and an estimated 1 million people were displaced from their homes. Floodwaters keep rising. The storm initially formed as a tropical depression southeast of the Bahamas on August 23. The Times-Picayune reports that an estimated 112,000 people do not own cars. Every little thing helps. ", Michael Brown, FEMA director: Katrina caused more than $160 billion in damage. They were very civil and very cordial. Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, says he is "extremely pleased with the response of every element of the federal government and federal partners to this terrible tragedy." Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. Throughout the day, emergency responders and public officials complain that communication links are very poor. Then, the airman hesitated a minute, and asked Landreneau to hold. So I can assume what the criminals were thinking, and that's exactly what happened.". It is 45 miles northwest of Florida Keys. Expressed my concerns, my frustration He needed to really get us resources to save people. National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield tells the Times-Picayune newspaper, "This is scary this is the real thing." hide caption. ', So they went into another section of the plane, had a meeting. Blanco tours the area Tuesday evening and announces that the Superdome should be evacuated. We had pre-positioned supplies, medical teams, Meals Ready To Eat, and food in the Superdome. And they both shook their heads and said, 'Yes, you're right.' Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Power outages will last for weeks water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards.". "I got a call, I think Saturday afternoon [from] Max Mayfield, the hurricane director. / 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. Flooding grows as water surges over levee breaks from Lake Ponchartrain; the 9th Ward is almost entirely submerged. Where is food? They were finally able to leave the city on Saturday. Virtually all communication systems are out. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Your email address will not be published. When Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans poet Shelton Alexander to evacuate his home, he took his truck and video camera to the Superdome. Plus, if you lived in a FEMA trailer for three years like I did, the last thing you want to do is go to a trailer for medical care. She is at work on her next memoir, No More Wire Hangers, about domestic abuse in teenage relationships. The Department of Defense's "Joint Task Force Katrina" -- 4,600 active-duty military headed by Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honor -- sets up at Camp Shelby, Miss. In the six weeks since the Web site has been up, with almost no publicity, it has received 42 reports of sexual assaults. Around this time 17 years ago, Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, and permanently changed life for thousands of people across the country. Hurricane Katrina first made landfall on Aug. 25, 2005, in Florida, weakening to a tropical storm as it briefly passed over land. What happened next was more than just a natural disaster especially in New Orleans, where the failure of the cityslevees unleashed flooding that left roughly80 percent of the city underwater. After suffering heavy damage during Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome was re-opened on September 25, 2006 for the Saints' Monday night game against the Falcons. "Louis Armstrong International Airport served as a massive clearing house for some of the storm's sickest victims Saturday. Blanco announces New Orleans must be evacuated because of the still- rising water and uninhabitable conditions. Very shortly, he said, Cars are beginning to float out of the parking lot. Before Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans residents gathered to ride out the storm in what seemed like a pretty safe place, the Superdome, the city's football stadium . There was nobody there to protect you," Lewis says. 5 Must-See Documentaries About Hurricane Katrina. And the president comes, and we have this meeting. Remembers Covering Katrina Preserving History After Hurricane Katrina Katrina's Affect on Charter schools quiz: 10 Questions on Katrina. But more and more people were being evacuated from their rooftops after being in the sun for long periods or overnight and being put on highways on high ground. "The police was stressed out themselves," Lewis says. Because of the ensuing . The storm has ripped a hole in the Superdome where the power has gone out. The hurricane caused billions of dollars of damage to the city, and killed thousands. Exacerbated by the recent BP oil spill in the region, the storm and its aftermath remains an open wound for local residents and others affected . In downtown New Orleans, some streets were merely wet rather than swamped. ", Leo Bosner, FEMA watch officer: And the impression given in those four days is basically indelible. Go up there, face to face and say, "What is happening here? Gettridge,a fifth generation New Orleanian, would go on to die from a heart attack in 2014 at the age of 91 at the home he had successfully rebuilt. I just expressed to her my concern about the lack of unified command, and the need to have more of a structure of what was going on. Phone service and electricity to some 770,000 people in the area is cut off. Benelli says his team investigated two attempted rapes inside the Superdome, and two additional reports of rapes that happened in the city, one of which was the 25-year-old hairdresser. to support FEMA disaster relief efforts, but it will be two days before the troops arrive in the city. In what looked like a scene from a Third World country, some people threw their arms heavenward and others nearly fainted with joy as the trucks and hundreds of soldiers arrived in the punishing midday heat. Mayor Ray Nagin orders the total evacuation of New Orleans due to the dangers posed by the contaminated standing water. Later, his charred remains were discovered on the banks of the Mississippi River, inside a car that had apparently been set on fire. Required fields are marked *. Orders volun-tary evacuation where residents in low-lying areas encouraged to evacuate Sunday, August 28, 2005: Hurricane Katrina becomes a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds Superdome opens as a shelter of last resort Acadian personnel are deployed to the Superdome to help triage special needs patients and staff the rst aid station Nagin . A Louisiana State University computer model of a 115 mph storm strike shows the overtopping of levees protecting New Orleans and nearby areas. For my part, I am still going out into the streets every day to talk to people about their experiencesI call it getting phyllisophical. Other people call me the Dr. Phil of the streets. The National Weather Service writes that Hurricane Katrina is "one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States." Hurricane Katrina caused up to $161 billion worth of damage, largely due to the fact that the breached levees led to flooding in 80% of New Orleans. The groups went in shifts, sneaking down over to the garage, up the stairs and to the helipad. August 28, 2015, 2:21 PM. They were making suggestions about we need to do this and that. His goal: To make it possible for his wife of 65 years, Lydia who had gone to live with one of their nine children in Wisconsin after Katrina to return home. And Michael Brown tells FRONTLINE that in order to quell panic, he misled the public in saying that everything was going fine at the local level. Blanco says, "Mr. President, thank you thank you, thank you. You can change your choices at any time by clicking on the 'Privacy dashboard' links on our sites and apps. Surviving the Superdome. Some parts of the city already showed slipping floodwaters as the repair neared completion, with the low-lying Ninth Ward dropping more than a foot. We knew what had to be done. Henry Glover was last seen alive in the backseat of a white Chevy Malibu on Sept. 2, 2005, days after Katrina hit. and catcalls of 'What took you so long?,' a National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled through axle-deep floodwaters Friday into what remained of New Orleans and descended into a maelstrom of fires and floating corpses. Watch it: To learn about questionable police shootings and cover-ups in Katrinas wake. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.Get More National Geographic:Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSiteFacebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeoTwitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/NatGeoInstaHurricane Katrina Day by Day | National Geographichttps://youtu.be/HbJaMWw4-2QNational Geographichttps://www.youtube.com/natgeo PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Reports put the population there in the tens of thousands. Ten years ago this Saturday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast. The following year, during an interview with Tom Brokaw at Columbia Journalism School, Williams said, "We watched, all of us watched . At 7 am Katrina is a Category 5 with 160 mph maximum sustained winds. Michael Brown, FEMA director: "[Michael] Brown I did not see the first couple of days. Recalling her attack, she sobs, "They just left us to die. They spend the next 24 hours trying to save themselves. [Congressman] Bobby Jindal is there, the senators Landrieu and [David] Vitter, and Congressman [William] Jefferson. Believing the authorities abandoned her after the storm, she wonders why they would care about her now. Left to right: Mayor Ray Nagin, President Bush, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown, Gov. New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, as seen in the new documentary Katrina Babies. By midday, water levels between the city and Lake Ponchartrain have equalized. Blanco is there.
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