Hurricane Katrina Montage
Duration : 0:8:51
In this Nation Institute/Hidden Driver exclusive, reporter A.C. Thompson talks with innocent victims and ruthless vigilantes about his expose on shootings of black New Orleans residents fleeing the city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and police misconduct after the storm. The full story is at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090105/thompson
Duration : 0:8:27
“Katrina is estimated to be responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 US dollars) in damages, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. … all ยป history. The storm killed at least 1,836 people, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Criticism of the federal, state and local governments’ reaction to the storm was widespread and resulted in an investigation by the United States Congress and the resignation of FEMA head Michael Brown.”
-wikipedia.com
Duration : 0:4:1
Hurricane song by Allen Watty- with Images of Hurricane Katrina Victims
Duration : 0:7:20
Images from Katrina and regional folk art from the 1920’s
Music by Bessie Smith
Tags: katrina bessie smith folk art homeless flood hurricane
Duration : 0:3:25
Dave Price itemizes all the things he brings with him when covering all kinds of emergency situations. He recommends these supplies for everyone to have on hand.
Duration : 0:2:37
New Orleans before, during and after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina.
Duration : 0:8:8
Part 2. Typhoon Sepat struck central Taiwan with winds of 138mph on 18th August 2007 and brought floods of biblical proportions to the region.
Duration : 0:7:45
Shortly after making landfall in late August of 2005 and causing massive destruction and death along the Gulf Coast of the United States several prominent scientists and a host of climate alarmists began claiming that hurricane Katrina was a product of CO2-induced global warming. In fact, some of them went so far as to suggest that the monstrous storm was moral payment for the sins of a carbon-polluting country -bent on maintaining its high per capita CO2 emissions via their unrepentant burning of fossil fuels. Is there any scientific truth to this claim?
Duration : 0:2:55