New Orleans a city that was never supposed to be the home of thousands of people. That is what some people might say when they learn about the vulnerability of the place and its risks. Then again, no one is safe from natural disasters, for example, right now hurricane Irma is affecting the Caribbean, Florida, and other states. To continue with the topic, New Orleans knows what hurricanes can do and they thought they had the necessary to control these type of natural events; Nonetheless, Katrina almost disappeared the whole city. It submerged the place, the storm flooded everything on its way and created chaos even after the incident. Survivors were scared (especially the poor and minorities) and unsure about their future, some lost everything. …show more content…
The place is said to be below sea level, and to expand its population they decided to build canals. The plan to protect the city from the waters was to use levees but that was affecting wetlands, losing 20 square miles each year. The role of wetlands is to slow down the storms, so they are necessary for New Orleans. In the video “A storm that drowned the city” they argue that one hurricane is as catastrophic as one hundred thousand atomic bombs. When Katrina landed electricity went down and there was no communication making it harder for officials, rescuers, and emergency teams to help. In addition, New Orleans system to stop the flooding failed because the flood walls’ base was weak for the strong …show more content…
Also, they created rumors for the media to avoid getting exposed for the way they were handling the situation. A victim’s brother tells how he was beaten by a lieutenant for asking for help before finding out that their people had to do with the homicide. For many years that case was ignored because of everything that was going on, and because someone was protecting the police department by getting rid of the evidence. Police covered up their bad actions, the ones that were supposed to keep people safe were out of