It was 20 years ago that Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast. I haven’t made many personal statements about it over the years but I’ll say it was a low point in American leadership.
The media was even lower, providing very little useful information and lots of false narratives. During and immediately after the storm a fellow named Michael Barrett kept a liveblog from a data center downtown that was really my only trusted source of information. Thanks Mr Barrett.
Over the years I have sent people links to Michael Lewis NYT article about his return to New Orleans immediately after the storm. Perhaps the best thing written about Katrina and maybe about New Orleans. Today it is paywalled but if you haven’t read it I encourage you to get access and read a first hand account from someone who knows the city and is also an excellent writer.
Steven A. Guccione 