Hurricane Katrina Nearly Destroys New Orleans

James Joyner | Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Wizbang’s Paul, a New Orleans resident, provides a statistical overview of the severe damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina from the discomfort of the roof impaired Superdome. While not as severe as the cable news talking heads predicted (hoped?) the devastation was nonetheless massive.

Other coverage:

• New Orleans Filling With Floodwaters Due to Breached Levee (WaPo)
• When can I go home? Relief efforts under way for those stranded by storm (CNN)
• New Orleans a city of rising water - Flooding traps residents in their homes (CNN)
• Katrina leaves millions without power in U.S. Gulf (Reuters)
• CATASTROPHIC (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
• Floodwaters rising, devastation widespread in Katrina’s wake (CNN)

Amazing.

Clearly, the hype was warranted and saved countless lives. It didn’t turn out to be mere “hurricane porn” this time. Still, I must agree with Glenn Reynolds that, if cable news didn’t take a carnival barker approach to weather, people might have taken the warnings even more seriously.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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