Title: Hurricane Katrina and President Bush Cartoon
Author: Bob Englehart Date: Septermeber 5, 2005 This political cartoon criticizes the President Bush's response. It illustrates how late the Bush Administration's response was to the disaster. |
Title: Photo of Levee Breaking
Author/Creator: Marty Bahamonde Date: August 29, 2005 Marty Bahamonde took this photo of a levee breaking while in Coast Guard helicopter. He used this as proof when he notified his supervisors in Washington about the levee break. |
Title: Hurricane Katrina: Extreme Video
Author/Creator: NBC Date: September 1, 2005 This is video is from a news segment from NBC's the Today Show. It shows short clips of the hurricane in Mississippi and an interview with the two photographers. |
Title: Survivors' Stories: Living through Katrina
Author/Creator: StoryCorps Date: August 25, 2006 This page contains seven audio clips of some the survivors' stories about their experiences during the storm. |
Title: "Report: Katrina Response a 'Failure of Leadership'"
Author/Creator: CNN Date: February 14, 2006 This article is about a congressional report that criticizes the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. |
Title: Katrina Timeline
Author/Creator: ThinkProgress Date: September 6, 2005 This timeline provides short description of how the government responded from August 25, 2005 up to August of 2006. |
Title: Key Policy Letters Signed by the Education Secretary or Deputy Secretary
Author/Creator: Margaret Spellings Date: December 30, 2005 This letter was sent to Chief State Officers to inform them that President Bush had signed the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, which authorizes three new grants that will help school districts in meeting the educational needs of the students that were displaced by the hurricane, and in helping affected schools to reopen. |
Title: Hurricane Katrina Report
Author/Creator: President Bush Date: September 3, 2005 This is a video of President Bush addressing the actions of the government to areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He mentioned in this radio address the incidents that he had witnessed on his tour of these areas the previous day, and that he was sending troops to maintain law and order in search and rescue. |
Title: FEMA Faces Intense Scrutiny
Author/Creator: Anna Shoup Date: September 9, 2005 This article contains statements from different federal officials criticizing FEMA's response, communication breakdown, and lack of leadership. |
Title: Bush, Chertoff in Conference Call Transcript
Author/Creator: President Bush, Michael Chertoff Date: August 28, 2005 This document is a transcipt of a conference call between President Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff where they discuss the actions that they will take regarding the approaching storm. |