Inside Hurricane Katrina
- Year:
- 2005
- 120 min
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Narrator:
It's a classicmilitary operation...
Attack the enemy
with overwhelming force.
Man:
We're in the eye wall.Narrator:
Cut off his abilityto communicate.
Take the enemy's eyes out.
Take his ears out.
Then fix him
so he can't maneuver.
Man:
This whole placeNarrator:
But thisis no sneak attack.
The aggressor announces
her intentions.
Experts predict the date,
the time,
even the place
where she will strike.
And yet, somehow,
into an unnatural
human catastrophe.
Woman:
We're devastated.Man:
We haven't eatenin three days.
Narrator:
What turns Katrina.Into one of the deadliest
hurricanes of modern times?
Man:
No water. No food.Woman:
We don't have a home.Man:
We lost everything.Woman sobbing:
We want her back.Narrator:
Why does it take so long.
To respond
to the cries for help?
Who makes the decisions,
and why?
Man:
People gotta do something,we ain't got no more food.
We got babies out here.
We got handicapped people.
Woman:
On the floor,Two people died already.
Where's FEMA? Where's the Mayor?
Woman:
Please, somebody.Man:
We need some help out here.Get us outta here!
Help! Help! Help!
I don't even know if my kids
are alive, man.
Narrator:
The facts behindthe storm shed new light...
As we go
Inside Hurricane Katrina.
Narrator:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.July 2004.
A war game is underway
at the state's
emergency operations center.
The scenario:
ravages New Orleans
and the surrounding area.
Floodwaters surge
over the levees,
engulfing the city.
The death toll:
61,000.The injured and sick: 380,000.
The homeless:
Half a million.Half a million buildings
destroyed.
the hurricane zone.
In the war game, Pam cripples
local and state government.
So without even waiting
for an S.O.S.,
Washington takes charge
of the relief effort.
After a week
the disaster officials
have a preliminary plan.
So the locals knew what
their responsibilities were.
The state knew what
its responsibilities were.
The federal government knew
what its responsibilities were.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005.
11:
00 A.M. the central Bahamas.Heavy rain and high winds
rattle the skies
and kick up mountainous waves
in the Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite photography reveals
a spinning formation
of thunderstorms,
with the signature
counterclockwise rotation
of a hurricane in the making.
Sustained wind speed
tops 38 miles an hour.
It is officially
a tropical storm...
For now.
On the alphabetized list
of names for storms
in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005,
the next one up is Katrina.
Miami.
issues an advisory:
Hurricane conditions
within 36 hours.
Bentonville, Arkansas.
An emergency response team here
is already on the case.
Man:
Hurricanesare one of the few disasters.
That give you lead time...
That you can really kind of
And for us it's "go, go, go, go"
until the storm hits.
Narrator:
This response teamis using that lead-time.
To gather truckloads of supplies
that people need
in an emergency...
Including bottled water,
flashlights, and pop tarts.
of a government disaster plan.
He works for Wal-Mart.
Thursday, August 25th. 3:30 P.M.
Katrina's wind speed
hits 74 miles an hour.
That means she's now
a category 1 hurricane...
Able to topple trees,
down power lines,
and damage homes.
At the high end of the scale,
a cat 5...
With winds above
155 miles an hour...
Can decimate entire communities,
killing anyone in its path.
6:
30 P.M.Hurricane Katrina comes ashore.
She pummels the coast of Florida
and heads inland.
and causes $460 million
in damages.
For a cat 1,
The reason:
Katrina'sswirling winds are high,
but she moves
over the state slowly,
at only 8 miles per hour.
An average hurricane
usually moves
at about 15 to 20 miles per hour
with its forward speed,
so it basically
hung over Florida
for an extended period of time,
exposing them to relatively weak
but hurricane-force winds
nevertheless.
Narrator:
Katrina's forayinto south Florida.
Has cost her energy.
Hurricanes typically
lose strength over land.
That's because they draw
their power from warm water,
Once she's out
over the warm Gulf of Mexico,
Katrina re-energizes.
Keim:
The conditionswere very right.
Because the sea-surface
temperatures
were over 80 degrees,
which is the minimum you need
for the formation of hurricanes.
Narrator:
Friday, August 26th.11:
30 A.M.Katrina strengthens.
She's now
a category 2 hurricane,
within the next 24 hours.
Her next target:
Anywherefrom the Florida panhandle
to Louisiana.
Along the Gulf coast,
the red cross and salvation army
are on the move.
They open shelters
we're moving people,
and we're also moving
our supplies.
We pre-position our supplies
in warehouses
around the Gulf coast.
Narrator:
The news about Katrinais spreading.
But who's paying attention?
Have you ever been
to New Orleans
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