Books on Hurricane Katrina

Trying to pinpoint why crime skyrocketed and maybe shed some light on your tires?

Why don't you just hop in your car and run down to the bookstore?

Breach of Faith is the one we had to read in LA History at LSU

Chris Rose put one out, I think it was called "One Dead in the Attic". It was ok, but nothing special.

There really are so many fascinating aspects about Katrina that I'm sure someone has to have a very good in depth book out.

Not a book, but the documentary "when the levees Broke" was pretty damned good

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In the brutal aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Inglese, medical director of the Orleans Parish Jail in New Orleans, struggled to keep his wards alive for a full week after the levees broke. As his straightforward account illustrates, it was no easy task. Power went first, then potable water, then food, while the prisoners, abandoned to the stifling heat of the cell blocks, began to riot. A former army officer, Inglese possessed the determination and organizational skills to rally his staff in the chaos, and their professionalism undoubtedly saved many. Despite his M.D. and military background, Inglese seems like a regular guy—a regular guy who barely mentions his hobbies, opinions, past, friends or life outside his job and thereby never really takes shape as a character. The prose is pedestrian and abounds with clunkers like My stubborn streak kicked in. Yet Inglese's single-minded focus on the minutiae of navigating the disaster slowly brings out the inherent drama of his story—from swimming through the sewage-fouled water to facing down desperate prisoners. Inglese never assigns blame, but the fact of his isolation and the dangers faced by his little group highlight the absolute incompetence of the official response. Despite the book's shortcomings, Inglese brings the human scale of the tragedy to life.

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My brother was one of the cops in this group. I only talked to him the night I picked him up from the PMAC after he was brought up the river on a DOC commandeered boat. He refuses to talk about it to this day. Some really fricked up things went down. I'm interested in reading this.

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Posted byMessageSheepBooks on Hurricane KatrinaWhy don't you just hop in your car and run down to the bookstore?

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LEO

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LEO?

There is a book called the great gun grab or something like that. It has probably a propaganda type tone to it but the stories were kind of interesting. I am kind of fascinated by the stories from that time. I will check out some of these mentioned.

Tour de brix on YouTube is interesting a well. Filmed in Jan 06.

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There is a book called the great gun grab or something like that. It has probably a propaganda type tone to it

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Ya think so.

The shite that went on at Mercy hospital was unreal. In this day and age when we can get our military half way around the world in no time at all, a hospital sat in a sub thirdworld condition for several days while the old and sick were suffering.