Biden Aims to Avoid Bush’s Katrina Moment

Pedestrians on Bourbon Street during a city-wide power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana. — Pedestrians on Bourbon Street during a city-wide power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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By Derek Wallbank

August 30, 2021 at 10:06 AM UTC

A president engulfed by American missteps in a foreign war has to pivot as a major hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana. It’s 2005 all over again.

Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina hit near New Orleans, Ida struck with even stronger winds. President Joe Biden has pledged this response will be different.