Messed Up Things That Happened During Hurricane Katrina

In August, 2005, America suffered one of the worst disasters in its long history when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. The massive storm caused widespread damage across the region, but it was in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana where true disaster struck when the levees broke and the ocean surged into the streets, washing away entire neighborhoods.

Over 1800 people died, with more than $150 billion in property damage, thanks in large part of poor decisions and institutional failures. It also featured Kanye West publicly roasting President George Bush, armed forces shooting citizens in the streets, hundreds of missing children, and the horrors of the Superdome. Here are just some of the messed up things that happened during Hurricane Katrina.

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The Storm | 0:00
Warnings ignored | 1:17
Levees failed | 2:25
Bad evacuation plans | 3:38
Superdome deaths | 4:39
Elderly victims | 5:47
Environmental racism | 6:52
Lost foster kids | 7:48
Hurricane itself, not deadly | 8:50
FEMA's failures | 9:47
Police were redirected | 10:55

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