Why Hurricane Katrina was so uniquely catastrophic -- and remains America's most devastating storm, 20 years later [View all]

On Aug. 29, 2005 — exactly 20 years ago today — Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. America hasn’t suffered a storm as devastating since.

Katrina’s winds, rains, floodwaters and aftereffects killed nearly 1,400 people across the South; more than 600 went missing. Only the Galveston, Texas, hurricane of 1900 and the Lake Okeechobee, Fla., hurricane of 1928 are known to have claimed more lives.

Total damages from Katrina surpassed $125 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Entire coastal communities were obliterated, and some of the lowest-lying — and poorest — New Orleans neighborhoods were wiped out by a storm surge that reached as high as 28 feet.

A botched government response — on the federal, state and local level — only made matters worse.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/why-hurricane-katrina-was-so-uniquely-catastrophic--and-remains-americas-most-devastating-storm-20-years-later-144513357.html

Fear Krasnov will fuck up the next disaster even worse.