Why do you presume that anyone's forgotten that? The whole world remembers that.

I lived in Nola at the time. I was 25 and single mom of an 8 month old baby. It was horrible...

There are some events in life so horrifying you'll never forget them. This is one of them. I remember a group of friends and I crowding around the television to watch for news. My best friends mother went missing for over a month. Day by day it just got worse, and worse, and worse. We'd never imagined, especially after 9/11, that families in America could be trapped on a roof for a week with choppers flying overhead several times a day and never stopping to drop them supplies or pick them up...

I don't think people in N.O. were able to take shuttles to anywhere before the storm. Apparently the local government did not provide public transport to take the poor out of the city, and THAT'S why many people stayed behind. You should watch a documentary called "Trouble the Water".

Your comment kind of shows that you DON'T understand being poor. Even if there were shuttles, which there weren't, how are you supposed to get you and your whole family to them? Lots of able bodied people who could have perhaps got out by hitchhiking, riding or walking had to stay behind to look after the ones who wouldn't have been able to get out. Do you see all those children and elderly and disabled? Not to mention that these people, their homes were all they had. ALL, they had.

I am a survivor of hurricane Katrina. I stayed in NO for the storm. it was horrible

There were no shuttles. I lived there, and I left. I knew coworkers with families that did not have a way to get out.

They didnt ignore it completely, but New Orleans was the most affected area because of the huge storm surge

I was in Katrina! But IN Ft Lauderdale, FL on vacation lol. We actually had no clue it was even coming lol.

I have a Bachelor of Science in Homeland Security and that tidbit in the video was incorrect and misleading adding to the urban legend about Martial Law in N.O. in the aftermath of Katrina. I will say that it ended-up essentailly being Martial Law, but legally, it was not declared by the Governor of Louisiana, who didn't seem like she knew what the hell she was doing when it came to emergency management unfortunately for those trapped in the city of N.O. (Same for Mayor Nagin who took bribes...)

this is awesome i love hurricanes and tornados well i think natural desasters are awesome my grandmother was in hurricane hazel

Americans should remember than Tsunami in Dec 26th 2004 killed about 250 000 people in Indonesia and Thailand, including about 5 000 tourists all over the world, especially from Europe.

Good documentary, but I found a BIG error in it. Civil liberties are not suspended when the Governor of a state activates the National Guard. They are used as a vital resource. To suspend civil liberties, they would've had to declare Martial Law, which they did not. However, because of the NOPD lost communications and went AWOL if the aftermath, the Louisiana Nat. Guard ended-up becoming the primary law enforcement agency, along with other federal agencies like US Customs ICE agents, FBI, etc.

im doing an essay on this but i dont know how to cite it. anyone want to help?

They're awesome till you ride one out and it kills a loved one or destroys your town.

Why do other countries have this hurricane Katrina?

I have a lot of family down there in N.O. They survived Katrina because they LISTENED and evacuated. It's sad that people went for days without aid, but they had plenty of time to heed the warnings and get out. Just as is the case currently with Isaac. My family evacuated ahead of time. I understand that the majority of the victims were poor, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have taken 1 of many shuttles to head north to safety. You HAVE to listen and understand the power of mother nature.

Is Hurricane Isaac brother of Hurricane Katrina?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Im about to get hit by the remnants of Isaac lol

ya i know that i try not to think about things like that k i wasnt really talking about that i like natural disasters the way there created how they keep going what they bring afterwards isnt very awesome i know but like a tsunami after sometimes there are new creatures brought up from the deep