Voices
From the Storm:
The People of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
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the late summer
of 2005, Hurricane
Katrina ravaged
the Gulf Coast,
leveling entire
cities and leaving
others under vast
amounts of water.
Thousands of Americans
were stranded
on rooftops and
in dangerous makeshift
shelters.
Stranded
in a city submerged,
the narrators
of Voices
from the Storm
survived the
devastation
brought on by
Hurricane Katrina
only to find
themselves abandoned—and
even victimized—by
their own government.
These thirteen
men and women
of New Orleans
recount, in
astonishing
and heartrending
detail, the
worst natural
disaster in
American history.
Voices
from the Storm
is the second
book in the
Voice of Witness
series.
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Multimedia |
| VoW Podcast Episode 1 |
lListen to Dan Bright as he recounts his arrest the night before Hurricane Katrina, and harrowing escape from Orleans Parish Prison.
Podcast | Photos
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| Dave Eggers on Air America |
VoW series editor Dave Eggers on the Rachel Maddow Show on Air America.
Stream | Download
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Kermit
Ruffins
Interview
Sound
Clip
An excerpt
from our
interview
with Kermit
Ruffins,
New Orleans
trumpet
player
and local
legend:
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“I
realize
my responsibility
now, especially
after
the Katrina
thing...
It’s
just so
incredible
to me
when I
realize
what I’m
doing
and what’s
goin’
on before
the storm,
so now
it’s
kind of
like double
that or
triple
that…”
Read
the full
excerpt...
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