by Gary Rivlin
damage to, 27–28, 154, 278–79
disaster precautions of, 22–23, 29–30, 67
early days of, 149–51, 155
electricity and, 228–29, 278–79
employment and, 21, 23, 27, 63–66, 68, 149–50, 155, 227, 278–79
finances of, 67–68, 143–44, 149, 151–53, 227, 279–80, 345–46, 404–5
flood insurance and, 63, 144, 228
headquarters of, 22, 24, 61–62, 68, 140, 143–44, 228–29, 278–79, 370–71
housing and, 93, 147–49, 151–52, 155–56, 226–28, 280, 371–72
Labbe and, 27–28, 30, 60–62, 228, 278–79
McDonald’s marketing and, 150–51
monthly board meetings of, 143–44
new business sought by, 227, 279–80, 346, 404
New Orleans East and, 21–22, 27, 62, 93, 95, 152, 155, 402–3
rebuilding and, 144, 156–57, 278–80, 372
regulators and, 68–69, 143–44, 152, 207, 346
reopening of, 154–55
Liffmann, Michael, 178
Limbaugh, Rush, 341
Little Woods, 94, 96–97
Livingston, Robert, 156–57, 205
Look and Leave, 121, 162, 202
Lot Next Door, 343
Louisiana:
congressional emergency-relief package for, 204–5
corruption in, 205, 312
finances of, 164–65, 222, 290, 312
state of emergency in, 103, 111
state police of, 13, 40, 55, 126
Louisiana State University (LSU), 79, 148, 177–78
Hurricane Center at, 26, 118, 195, 254
Lower Ninth Ward, 25–26, 53–54, 68, 91, 117–20, 129, 192, 267, 289, 294, 324, 331, 357–58, 383, 387–88, 394, 399
casualties in, 118, 306
cleanups in, 272, 307–8, 315
Common Ground and, 271–72, 275–77, 305, 307, 349, 375, 412
departure of earliest leaders in, 375–76
destruction in, 99, 270, 286, 308, 350
Lower Ninth Ward (cont.)
education and, 272–73, 306–8, 325, 375
flooding in, 54, 73, 117–19, 210, 237, 286, 304–6, 349, 358, 418
geography of, 117–19
housing in, 118–19, 202–3, 210, 225, 237–38, 270–72, 276–77, 286, 303–5, 315, 326, 332–33, 348–53, 366, 372–77, 412, 417
McClendon and, 25, 303–5, 348–53, 374–78, 409–11, 417
Nagin and, 119–20, 286–87, 351
organizing in, 235–36
Pitt and, 305–6, 332–34, 340, 373–75, 412
poverty in, 118–19, 132
protests in, 270–71, 369
rebuilding and, 118–20, 144, 169, 175–76, 184, 202–3, 210, 213–14, 225–26, 236, 238–39, 271–72, 275–77, 298, 305–6, 308, 322–23, 329, 332–34, 340–41, 348–52, 375–76, 390–91, 417
reopening of, 203–4
Road Home and, 329, 333, 348, 351
unscrupulous contractors in, 352–53
Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association (NENA), 349–51, 376
Lower 9th Ward Village, 305, 352, 376–77, 409–11
Lupo, Robert, 202, 267, 391, 408
Lutz, Brobson, 260
Mac, Jimmy, 277
McCain, John, 33, 135, 340–41
McClendon, Ward “Mack”:
antique cars of, 304, 349, 417
community activism of, 349–52, 376–78, 409–12
finances of, 377, 411–12
housing and, 303–5, 348–49, 351–53, 374–77, 410–11, 417–18
Lower Ninth Ward and, 25, 303–5, 348–53, 374–78, 409–11, 417
rebuilding and, 305, 348–53, 417
unscrupulous contractors and, 352–53
McCraw, Gordon, 16
McDonald, Alden J., Sr., 145–47
McDonald, Alden J., Jr., 20–25, 27–30, 62–69, 138–57, 207, 224–29, 278–82, 370–74, 401–5
bank examiners and, 68–69
Baton Rouge and, xvi, 28–29, 63–66, 68, 139, 148, 153, 155–56, 173, 224, 344–45
Breaux and, 156–57
business loans and, 151–52
Canizaro and, 134–36
childhood and adolescence of, 145–47, 150
and creation of Liberty, 147, 149
disaster precautions of, 22–24, 29, 67
and early days of Liberty, 149–51
education and, 141, 146–48
European trip of, 153–54
evacuations and, 20, 24–25
finances of, 146, 150
Gentilly and, 344, 372–73, 402
housing and, 20–21, 23, 27, 62, 66, 93–94, 139–42, 144–45, 152–56, 173, 202, 224–28, 280, 282, 302, 344–45, 371, 373–74, 378, 401–2, 405
ICB and, 147–48
Labbe and, 27–28, 30, 228, 278
Liberty’s finances and, 67–68
Lower Ninth Ward and, 25, 374
marketing and, 150–51, 157
new business sought by, 227, 280, 346, 404, 408
New Orleans East and, xvi, 21–22, 27, 93–95, 139–40, 142, 202, 225, 344, 370–72
Pope met by, 141–42
and rebirth of New Orleans, 401–2
rebuilding and, xvi, 21, 69, 138, 140, 144, 153, 155, 157, 161, 199–200, 202, 224–26, 228, 278–80, 371, 401–2
and returning to New Orleans, 403–4
Road Home and, 225, 371
social life of, 148, 150
McDonald, Byron, 145–46, 302–3
McDonald, Chip, 141, 224
McDonald, Heidi, 24–25, 141, 224
McDonald, Rhesa, 20, 23–25, 63, 93, 224, 280, 372–73, 401
childhood of, 144–45
education of, 148–49
European trip of, 153–54
homes of, 139–42, 144–45, 153–56, 344–45, 373
husband’s courtship of, 148–49
Pope met by, 141–42
McDonald, Todd, 23–25, 28, 141, 224
McKenna, Bev, 93–94, 254–55, 329–31, 364, 391–92
McKenna, Dwight, 93–94, 391
McKinsey & Company, 302n, 328
Madison, Ronald, 300n
Magazine Street, 91, 96, 152, 154–55
Major, Barbara, 135–38, 367, 392
finances of, 173–74
Kabacoff and, 137, 211, 395
Lower Ninth Ward and, 272–73
rebuilding and, 137–38, 173–74, 176, 191–92, 239
Reiss and, 260–61
Make It Right, 333, 340, 374–75, 411–12
Mann, Bob, 109
Manning, Ray, 168, 208, 217
Marchand, Charmaine, 119–20, 236, 270–71, 298, 313, 375–76
Mardi Gras, xiii, 51, 66, 90, 178, 234–35, 254, 258, 265, 354, 406
and history of New Orleans, 78–79
Marigny, 182, 301, 394
Marsalis, Wynton, 167
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 240–44
Mason, Brandon, 10–11
Maxwell, Lesli, 307
Mayfield, Max, 32
Meet the Press, 109, 287
Meffert, Greg, 44–45, 112, 189
Cheney’s visit and, 87–88
demolishing homes and, 237–38
indictment of, 355, 389, 414
Nagin and, 44, 85, 87, 112n, 132, 172, 220, 288–89, 355, 389, 414
rebuilding and, 133, 185, 218–20, 237–38, 289
Memphis, Tenn., 29, 132, 142, 153, 251, 293
Metairie, La., 52, 212, 284
Microtel, 99, 179–81
Mid-City, 257, 290, 326, 394–96, 418
Million Man March, 101
Mississippi, 25, 39, 45, 103, 110, 166, 222, 227, 258, 273, 277, 289, 304, 397
flood maps for, 230–31
government aid to, 113, 204
Mississippi River, Mississippi River Valley, xv, 26n, 29, 92, 115, 118, 122, 134, 155, 203, 235
dewatering and, 125–26, 159
evacuations and, 4
, 6, 12
flooding and, 4, 341
and geography of New Orleans, 89–90
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR. GO), 38, 92, 117–19, 195, 284, 358, 366, 387
Morial, Ernest “Dutch,” 79–80, 147, 151
Morial, Jacques, 151, 248, 383
Morial, Marc, 215, 266, 288, 383
mayoral campaigns of, 80, 248–49
Morrell, Arthur, 61
MSNBC, 41, 130, 245
Murray, Ed, 359–60
Mwendo, Jenga, 375
Nagin, C. Ray, 6, 31–35, 41–49, 70–75, 80–87, 101–7, 109–16, 181, 194, 277, 280, 286–91, 312, 353–56, 395–96
approval ratings of, 82, 356
birth of, 74, 77, 86
blacks and, 71, 74–75, 81, 84–85, 101–2, 242–45, 254–56
Blakely and, 316–17, 335, 355
Blanco and, 15, 44–46, 72, 102–4, 106, 110–11, 113, 115, 171
Bush and, 31–32, 35, 43–48, 72, 102, 111–13, 112n, 116, 166–67, 185, 216, 218, 256, 294, 325
Canizaro and, 87, 133, 136, 216–17, 249–50, 287
casualties and, 64, 127
chocolate city remark of, 242–44, 246
on city layoffs, 163–64
congressional hearings and, 220–21
corruption of, 413–15
Cox employment of, 74, 132, 339
crime and, 58, 70–71, 83–86, 128–30, 242–43, 253, 258, 301, 337
Dallas and, 72–74, 86–87, 101–2, 107, 111, 114, 131, 337–38, 355, 389, 415
in dealing with allies, 83–84
education and, 74, 80, 83, 86, 132
evacuations and, 16, 24, 41, 49, 98, 103–4, 110, 115–16, 355
Farrakhan and, 101–2, 240–42
finances of, 75, 81, 339–40, 355, 388–89, 415
gambling proposal of, 171, 187
garbage pickups and, 364, 392n
Home Depot and, 338–39
housing and, 24, 71, 73–74, 103, 121, 170, 185–88, 220, 238, 287, 291, 330–31, 337, 345, 355, 378, 389, 415
indictment and trial of, 389, 413–16
isolation of, 132, 287–89, 336–37
Jamaican trip of, 172, 288, 355, 389
Katrina anniversaries and, 294, 325, 354–55
King Day speech of, 241–44
Landrieu and, 241, 256, 360–61, 384
levees and, 43, 101–2, 110, 116
and Look and Leave, 121, 162, 202
Lower Ninth Ward and, 119–20, 286–87, 351
Mardi Gras and, 234–35, 254
mayoral campaigns of, 74–75, 80–81, 83–85, 106, 116, 132, 188, 217, 241, 243–49, 251–56, 287, 330
media appearances of, 70–72, 109–10, 114, 121, 138, 163–64, 171, 216, 222, 286–87, 336–37, 356, 389, 416
NOAH and, 353–54
parents of, 73–74
permit moratorium and, 216–17
rebuilding and, 21, 86–87, 119–20, 131–33, 136–38, 158–59, 161–62, 166–68, 170–72, 174, 184–88, 193, 199, 202, 213, 215–18, 220–22, 224, 226, 238–239, 242, 250, 252, 255–56, 286–87, 289, 298, 310n, 335–36, 415
Reiss and, 58, 73, 81, 85–87, 101, 136, 245, 254, 261, 288
repopulation and, 115, 120–21, 260
and returning to New Orleans, 187, 241, 244
Rita and, 116, 120
Rove and, 109–10
RTA and, 260–61
shutting Crescent City Connection and, 15–16
Stone Age and, 338–39, 389, 414
Superdome and, 44, 48, 70–71
Nagin, Jarin, 73, 83, 172, 337–39, 414
Nagin, Jeremy, 73, 83, 172, 337–39, 414
Nagin, Seletha, 72–75, 103, 172, 287–88, 337–40, 355–56, 389, 415
Nagin, Tianna, 73, 103, 172, 337–40
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 52, 85, 106, 171, 252, 362
National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP), 52–53
National Guard, La., xiii, 6, 18, 44, 51, 54–56, 61, 72, 132, 203, 354, 372
Blanco and, 103, 108–10
crime and, 257–58
federalizing of, 47, 110, 111n
Hill and, 54–55
removing the dead and, 126–27
repopulation and, 122–23
National Hurricane Center, 20, 32, 103, 355
National Rifle Association (NRA), 127–28
NetMethods, 355
New Orleans, La.:
aquarium of, 131, 160–61, 171, 230, 246
New Orleans, La. (cont.)
casualties in, xiv, 54, 61, 64–65, 71–72, 118, 123–24, 126–28, 185, 195, 232, 234, 255, 274–75, 294, 306, 354, 358, 368, 389–90, 418
checkpoints and barricades in, xiii, 6–7, 55, 61, 100, 202–3, 232, 274, 295
as chocolate city, 242–44, 246
churches closed in, 232–33
cleanups in, 163, 168, 171, 186, 201–4, 219–20, 227–29, 235, 237, 265, 272, 276, 290, 307–8, 311, 315, 353
convention business of, 161, 184, 258
corruption in, 205, 243–44, 292, 325, 330n, 354–55, 413–15
culture of, 77–78, 89–90, 174, 243, 330, 368, 404
curfews in, 121, 124, 258
damage and destruction in, xiii–xvi, 6, 25, 27–28, 35, 42, 44, 56, 65–66, 68–69, 71, 95, 99, 123, 133, 139–42, 153–55, 158–61, 164, 173–75, 183–84, 186, 189–91, 202–4, 208, 212, 218–21, 225, 231, 239, 244, 251, 267, 270–71, 278–79, 281, 286, 292, 308–9, 311, 316, 318, 322, 325, 334, 341, 349–50, 353, 357–59, 361, 364, 366–67, 370–73, 375, 380, 384, 388, 402–3, 408
demographics of, 354–55, 366
dewatering of, 124–26, 159
disease in, 260, 290, 351
donations, contributions, and aid to, 107, 113, 276–77, 298n, 299, 333, 380, 390, 409
evacuations and escapes from, xiv, 2, 4–20, 24–25, 30, 32–33, 40–41, 48–50, 54, 58, 70, 98–99, 103–4, 107, 109–10, 115–16, 120, 180, 192–94, 196–98, 200, 235–36, 245, 251–52, 261, 274–75, 280, 293–95, 303, 306, 341, 355, 365–66
finances of, xv, 49–50, 69, 83–87, 107, 115, 133, 160, 163–64, 171, 174–76, 186, 191, 193, 212, 214, 219–21, 232–34, 258, 268–69, 293, 298, 318, 321–22, 328, 335–36, 364–65, 368, 384–85, 388, 392, 398, 414
flooding in, 2–8, 13, 19, 22, 24–28, 34, 38, 40–41, 43, 47, 53–54, 57, 59–63, 65–68, 72–73, 89–91, 93, 95, 99, 108–9, 111–13, 115–19, 121–26, 130, 138, 140–42, 144, 155, 159–64, 173–74, 176, 180–83, 185, 189, 192, 196, 203, 208, 210–13, 218, 224, 229, 231–32, 236–37, 244, 247, 249–50, 252–54, 257, 259, 261–62, 264, 268–69, 276, 278–79, 281, 286, 290, 302, 304–6, 311, 324–25, 334, 341, 349, 357–58, 370, 380–81, 390, 400, 416, 418
geography and geology of, 89–93, 117–19, 175, 177–78, 213, 230–31, 250, 253
heat and humidity in, 4, 6, 15–16, 22, 43, 54, 89, 140, 171, 281, 363
historic center of, 394–96
in history, 75–80, 86, 90–91, 185, 233, 244
infirm and disabled in, 49–50, 56
Katrina bearing down on, 1–2, 20–22, 24, 29, 33, 37, 40, 42, 47, 58, 103, 123
lawsuits of, 127–28, 194–95, 238, 291, 305
man-made disaster in, 357–58
maps of, x–xi
mosquitoes in, 89, 235
newcomers to, 401–2, 404, 417
new flood-protection system of, 387, 399–400
parkland in, 27, 50, 79, 161, 175, 188, 210, 213–14, 262, 265–67, 343, 379, 385–86, 402, 431
planting trees in, 311, 388, 409
population of, 78, 161, 200, 207, 232, 257, 289, 325–26, 366, 394, 402
poverty in, 59, 86, 92, 95, 118–19, 132, 139, 165, 174, 191, 199, 208, 261, 291–92, 353, 368, 398, 405, 408
property buyouts in, 176, 184–85, 208–9, 213, 217, 221, 225–26, 250
protests and demonstrations in, 85, 237–38, 251–52, 270–71, 276, 291, 331, 369
rebirth
of, 396–98, 401–2, 407–8
rebuilding and recovery in, xiv–xvi, 21, 48, 57, 59, 69, 86–87, 103, 113, 115, 118–20, 128, 131–33, 136–38, 140, 144, 153, 155–63, 166–78, 184–89, 191–93, 199–226, 228–32, 234–39, 242, 247, 249–53, 255–56, 263–65, 268–69, 271–72, 275–87, 289–91, 293–96, 298–99, 305–6, 308–12, 316–24, 329, 332–36, 340–44, 346, 348–53, 355, 363, 368–69, 371–72, 375–76, 378–81, 383–85, 387, 389–91, 396, 398, 401–3, 407, 414–15, 417
repopulation of, 115–16, 120–24, 260, 371
rescues in, xiv, 5, 13, 19, 39, 41, 53, 61, 65, 107–9, 120, 126, 129, 249, 324
returning to, 56, 181–83, 187, 192, 199, 202–4, 207–9, 211–12, 215, 217, 226, 229–34, 239–41, 244, 247, 251–53, 260–65, 267–68, 278, 280, 282–86, 291–93, 298, 300, 310–11, 320, 326, 343–45, 348, 364, 368, 375, 403–4, 406–7
smell of, 123, 316
storm surges in, 21, 26, 38, 92, 117–18, 195, 387, 400
tourism and tourists in, xiii, 17–18, 65, 68, 103, 128, 160–61, 167, 211, 230, 243, 258, 292–93, 360, 388, 396–97, 405
violence and looting in, 13, 22, 24, 30, 42, 44, 53, 58–59, 67–68, 70–71, 76, 83–86, 92, 108–9, 119, 121n, 128–30, 136, 180, 232, 240, 242–43, 253, 257–58, 263–64, 266, 274–75, 282, 300–301, 327, 337, 341, 348, 354, 363, 392–93, 397–98, 405, 416
New Orleans, La. (cont.)
voting changes in, 189–90, 251–52
wealth in, 50–51, 56–58, 79–80, 248, 270, 293, 395, 398
wetlands of, 90–92, 99, 119, 162, 175, 177, 200, 209, 237, 270, 358, 376, 400
white flight from, 78–79, 94, 394
zoo of, 131, 171, 246–47
New Orleans (Lewis), 89–93
New Orleans East, 3, 26, 178, 192, 260, 287, 290, 300, 319, 331, 360, 366, 387, 416
blacks and, xvi, 21, 46, 93–96, 99, 177, 408
comparisons between Lakeview and, 117, 267, 408–9
destruction in, xvi, 68, 139–40, 142, 173, 278, 370–71, 403
flooding in, 6, 8, 27, 61–62, 91, 95, 140–42, 252, 278, 358
geography of, 98, 284
housing in, 93–97, 139–40, 155, 173, 225, 280, 283–85, 344, 363–64, 403
Landrieu and, 362–64
Liberty and, 21–22, 27, 62, 93, 95, 152, 155, 402–3
McDonald and, xvi, 21–22, 27, 93–95, 139–40, 142, 202, 225, 344, 370–72
poverty in, 95, 139
real estate development and settlement of, 91, 93
rebuilding and, 144, 160, 168–69, 175–77, 202, 213–14, 216, 219, 230–31, 239, 271, 280–81, 283–87, 315, 322–23, 329, 334, 363, 371, 403
returning to, 278, 280, 284–85
Walls and, 95–98, 100, 181, 202, 230–31, 402, 405–6, 408
New Orleans Hornets, 184, 288