Summary Of A. D New Orleans After The Deluge By Josh Neufeld

In the book A.D New Orleans After The Deluge, By Josh Neufeld is about Hurricane Katrina and how it affected the people of New Orleans. This book was about real people that escaped and lived through the storm. Most people lost everything including their houses, all personal belongings, and jobs. As I was reading the book was shocked that in the beginning most of the characters were not worried about the storm they just wanted to wait it out. No one was expecting such a big storm and thought it would turn east like they normally did. Michelle Says, “ yeah, but… remember last year with ivan, it turned east. They always turn east”(45). She was very intent on staying because she thought it would turn east. Next, as the storm drew closer most people

But most of the areas where getting full and they had no areas for people to sleep. Denise says, “ F*** that s***. If I wanted to stay in a common area, I would've went to the F***ing superdome”(77). She had this mentality because they were supposed to get a room at hospital where her mom worked. Now, the storm is on them and the power went out and was expected to be out for the next few weeks. Also, they are going to run into having a water shortage which is going to sicken and even kill many people. Once the hurricane has turned east the people of new orleans are faced with another big problem one or more of the levees have been breached and are starting to flood the city. Also, people are starting to loot stores. As the flood water rise with all the dead bodies and other dead things all water in the city is un usable. this cause a complete evacuation of the city, and could be 3 to 4 months before restaurants and other business are up and running. Next, due to the mandatory evacuation everyone gathered at the super dorm to be transported out of the

There are a few things that made this book good. First, I liked how the author used real people that survived Hurricane Katrina as his characters. I liked this because it really showed what all differnt people went trough when the storm hit, and the months after. Second, the author drew out a good timeline on how all the events occurred. Third, even though though this was a graphic novel it still was easy to read and follow the story line. As I read the book I enjoyed the author's style of writing, it was very informational, easy to follow, and interesting. This book really showed how real people handled Hurricane Katrina and how it affected New Orleans. I didn't think a Graphic novel would be able to show all the events and details that occurred, which surprised me. As I read the book it was very shocking on how many people didn't think the storm was going to be very big and thought it would turn east like they normally did. Also, it was shocking to see how many people had nowhere to go so most people ended up at the superdome. Where they thought they would be treated properly but law enforcement did not help, people were dying from dehydration and starvation and no one would help. Also, after the storm had passed it was crazy that it took over 2 months to get the power back on, and for people to start coming