New Orleans Is Still Here, Ya Bastards: Review
Light streams down through the ceiling of the SuperDome after Hurricane Katrina. Photographer: Michael Appleton/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
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Remember “Brownie”? It’s been a while since I’ve thought of him. Michael D. Brown -- the Federal Emergency Management Agency dunce and friend of George W. Bush - - who stayed far away from the Superdome as it took on water during Hurricane Katrina, with screaming local residents inside.
Ten years ago, Katrina soaked 80 percent of New Orleans and damaged some 134,000 housing units. Flooding from Katrina opened up the levees, and it turns out, much more.