Time: Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America

by Time-Life Books

Time chronicles the story of the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. Here, in stunning pictures and gripping first-hand accounts, is the terrible tale of Katrina's deadly wrath and savage aftermath. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will be donated to relief efforts.

Genres: History

144 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2005

Reviews

[P.S. Winn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should take a look at this book. So many mistakes were made and so many lives lost because of that. The pictures and the story line take readers back t one of the worst natural disasters exasperated by the lack of efficiency in our government. Pay attention because this just happened again in Puerto Rico with a President and a White house with no knowledge and even less empathy.

[Petra Willemse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the photos! Overall the journalism needed some more reworking as it seemed trite at times and at others lacking detail. Of course it is dated now, but gives a great sense of the impact of this massive not-so-natural disaster.

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to see the photos, which were plentiful and powerful. But I made the mistake of reading all the text. If I had a nickel for every time it said Katrina made landfall on Sept 29.....

[pianogal · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a collection of article with no narrative thread, these aren't bad. Good pictures - some disturbing. Wish it had been a little more about the weather.

[Susan Beam-Gilleland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative of all that happened during Katrina from people who witnessed it.

[Todd Stockslager · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pictures from Katrina

Typical Time reporting--short text, center-of-the-road analysis, good graphics--on Hurricane Katrina, now five years in the rear view mirror. This book doesn't tell the story in great depth, but covers it with a wide-angle view.

Most interesting parts: nine-day timeline with pictures before and during the disaster, and birds-eye graphics showing the downtown New Orleans street layout and waterflow in the city beneath the sea.

I plan to read Douglas Brinkley's "The Great Deluge" when I can get it from my local library. I find the response to Katrina fascinating after reading "Rising tide: The Great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America" and I am curious to see if Brinkley references that flood and the recovery response.

[Geraldine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very informative book about the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. I was a kid when it happened, so I don't remember much of it. All the stuff that I can recall about the hurricane, I learned in school. This book really put what happened and the severity of the situation into perspective. 80% of the city was underwater. There's pictures all throughout of the devastation, with captions to accompany it. It basically covers the relief efforts, the effects on the city, the aftermath, and the effects on the people who survived it. It has a section dedicated to the history of New Orleans as well. I definitely learned a lot while reading this. I knew that the levees broke, but I didn't know the exact number. I knew about the superdome, but I didn't know how many evacuees were staying in it. Or about the deplorable conditions. It's a very eye opening read.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scott brought this home after his latest embeddment with the Corps, and it is an eye-opener and should be a wake-up call to the American way of building whereever we like without considering the social costs of perpetuating a living situation that probably should not be condoned. Our sense of Eminent Domain should still be peppered with good old fashioned reasoning skills that building below sea level is not without its ultimate costs.

[The Cat In The Hat · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is highly slanted by the media.

[Elusive.Mystery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of photos and text, ranging from rah-rah to putting the blame where it should (FEMA, Bush, local government, etc.)