St. Claude Avenue Bridge; gun violence at; Katrina survivors at; LDWF at
St. Louis Bay
St. Mary’s Infirmary
St. Patrick Cemetery
St. Rita’s Nursing Home
St. Tammany Parish; see also Slidell
St. Thomas Housing Development
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salvation Army
Sam’s Club
San Antonio, Tex.
Sanderson Farms
San Diego, Calif., Bush in
San Francisco, Calif.
San Francisco Chronicle
Santorum, Rick
Saramago, José
Saratoga parking garage
Sartre, Jean-Paul
satellite phones
Saucier, Sydney
Savage, Martin
Sawyer, Diane
Scarborough, Joe
Schleifstein, Mark
Schlumberger
Schneider, Pete
schools, New Orleans
Schovest, Joy
Schumpeter, Joseph
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Scientific American
Scott, Dwaine
Scott, Jimmy
Scott, Lee
Sea-Doos
seafood industry; see also fishing
sea lions
search-and-rescue missions; of Coast Guard; gun violence and; improvisation and; of LDWF; in Mississippi; of NOPD
Secret Service
Section 8ers
Seed, Raymond B.
segregation
Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Senate, U.S.; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of
senior citizens, see elderly people
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
service sector, employment in
Sessions, Pete
17th Street Canal
17th Street Canal levee breach; Bellaire Drive complaints and; confirmation of; damming of; helicopters over; increase in size of; pumping stations and; sandbags for
Seventh Ward
sewage system
Sewall Cadillac Chevrolet
Sewerage and Water Board, New Orleans
Shafer, Jack
Shanks, Bill
Shays, Christopher
Shea, Dan
Sheehan, Cindy
Shekinah Full Glory Baptist Church
Shell
shelters; in Baton Rouge area; in Mississippi; in New Orleans; Red Cross; refugees vs. evacuees at; see also Superdome
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Shipley, Paul
shipping
“Shooter” (Lil’ Wayne)
Shreveport, La.
Shreveport, USS
Siegel, Robert
Signature Aviation Terminal
Silvers, Julie
Simons, Pete
Simpson, Robert
Sims-McManus, Wilda Faye
Sinatra, Frank
Singleton, Jim
Sisko, Christopher
60 Minutes
Slidell, La.; fishing camps in; flooding in; media coverage of; NWS office in; rescues in
Slonsky, Lorrie Beth
Smith, Ernest
Smith, Jeff
Smith, Roger Guenveur
Smith, Shepherd
Smith, Vera Briones
Smithburg, Don
snipers, sniping
Snyder, Steve
Social Services Department, Louisiana
Sohr, Jim
Solangi, Moby
Soldier’s Pay (Faulkner)
Sontag, Deborah
Soul Patrol
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Yacht Club
Spanish-American War
SPCA
special-needs residents; at Morial Center; neglect of
Special Reaction Team (SRT)
Species Survival Center
Spence, David
Spielman, David
Spraggins, Joe
Stalder, Richard L.
Staples, Hank
Starr, Barbara
State Farm
Steinbeck, John
Stennis Space Center
Stephens, Chris
Stephens, Jack
Stephens, Kevin
Stepro, David
Stepro, Laura Lachin
Stevens, Trishka
Stevenson, Kim
Stewart, Jon
Stone, Gregory
Storms, Floods and Sunshine (Cline)
Story of Ruby Bridges, The (Coles)
Storyville
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams)
Streisand, Barbra
Strickland, Jim
Struck, Doug
subsidence
suburbs, development of
suicides, in NOPD
Sullivan-Lear, Cynthia
Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
Superdome; blackout in; Blanco at; buses for evacuation from; Bywater evacuees and; construction of; crime in; debacle of; Domino at; evacuation of; evacuees from; FEMA and; flooding near; Fox News at; humidity in; Ivan and; lockdown at; looting at; medical services at; Mitch Landrieu at; murder rumors at; Nagin’s absence from; National Guard at; NBC News at; post-Katrina arrivals at; racism and; roof of; as shelter of last resort; as symbol; transportation to
Superdome Commission
Superfund sites
“Super Sack”
Supreme Court, U.S.
survivors vs. refugees
Sutherlin, John W.
Swift Water Rescue teams
Sylvester, David, Jr.
Tales from Margaritaville (Buffett)
Tanger Outlet Center
Tangipahoa Parish
Task Force 5
Task Force 134/Multinational Force Iraq
Taylor, Cindy
Taylor family
“teas and blues” circuit
Teddy’s Grill
telephones; at Charity Hospital; pay; see also cell phones; satellite phones
television; see also specific networks and shows
temperatures, sea: decline of; rise in
Tenet Healthcare
Tennessee Task Force
Tennyson, Melanie
Tenth Ward
terrorism; DHS orientation toward; in Iraq; see also September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
Texas; hurricane preparations in; Katrina evacuees in; see also specific places
Texas Children’s Hospital
Texas Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Texas Task Force
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)
Thibodeaux, Jacques
Thomas, Al
Thomas, Arthur “June”
Thomas, Dave
Thomas, Evan
Thomas, Oliver
Thomas, Reynard
Thompson, Hunter S.
Thompson, Ricky
Thornton, Doug
Thurmond, Strom
Time
Times (London)
Tiner, Stan
Toole, John Kennedy
Torguson, Marlin
Tortuga, USS
tourism, in Florida
tourism, New Orleans; disruption of; in French Quarter; Gretna Bridge Incident and; Katrina’s effects on
tourists, rescue of
Toussaint, Allen
Townsend, Frances
toxic waste
trains
Tran, Huong
Transportation Department, U.S. (DOT)
Travel Industry Association of America
Travels with Charley (Steinbeck)
Travers, Andrew
Treaster, Joseph B.
“Tree Cops of Waveland”
Tremé
Trice, Britton
Trisler, Stephen
<
br /> Triumph, La.
Tropical Meteorology Project
tropical storms
True Story (album)
Truman, Harry
Truth, Sojourner
tsunami
tuberculosis
Tufaro, Pete
Tulane University
Tulane University Hospital; evacuations at
Turnball, Chris
Twain, Mark
Typhoon (Conrad)
typhoons
Tyree, David
Tyson, Nora
Unitas, Johnny
Upshire-Davis, Phyllis
Uptown; evacuations in; flooding in; hospitals in; housing developments in; Landrieu’s house in; personal hurricane stories in; security concerns in; upper class in
Urban League
Ursuline Academy
USA Today
Utah
Valtreau, Paul
Van Heerden, Ivor
Vanney, Ron
van Susteren, Greta
Varnell, Jim
Vaughn, Jack
Veglia, Michael
Venice
Venice, La.
Verdin, Amantine Marie
Verdin, Herbert
Verdin, Monique Michelle
Verdin, Xavier
Vermont
Veterans Administration hospital
Vietnamese
Vietnam War
Vieux Carré, see French Quarter
violence; at Morial Center; see also gun violence
Violet Canal
Virginia
Vitter, Al
Vitter, David; in helicopter survey; in news conference; as Rove go-between
Vitter, Martha
Vitter, Wendy
Volkman, Glen
Vujnoich, Pete, Jr.
Wagner, Colonel
Walgreens
Walker, Dave
Walker, David M.
Walker, Lee
Walker, Mabel
Walker, Mrs. (Willie’s mother)
Walker, Tonya
Walker, Veronica
Walker, Willie; as first responder
Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart; in New Orleans; in relief effort
Wal-Mart Express
Walsh, Bill
Walton, Sam
Walton Family Foundation
Warr, Brent
“Washing Away” (McQuaid and Schleifstein)
Washington, Walter “Wolfman”
Washington Post
Washington Times
water; at Morial Center; shortage of
Waterford 3 nuclear plant
Waterworld (film)
Watson, Doc
Watson, Frank
Watters, Sherry
Waveland, Miss.
Waveland Police Department
“Ways of Water, The” (Anderson)
WDSU-TV
Weather Bureau, U.S., see National Weather Service
Weather Channel
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters)
Webb, Boogie Bill
Weber, Daniel
West, Charlie
West, Crockett
West Bank; see also Algiers; Gretna
West Nile virus
West Palm Beach, Fla.
wetlands
Wheeler, Hank
Where Is Joe Merchant? (Buffett)
White, Bill
white flight
Whitehorn, Henry
White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
White House Situation Room
whites; black suspicion toward; levees dynamited by; looting by; Nagin’s relationship with; see also racism
Whitney Bank
W Hotel
Wilke, Curtis
Willey, Jessica
William Frantz Elementary School
Williams, Bob
Williams, Brian; dysentery of; at Superdome
Williams, Catrina
Williams, Clarence
Williams, Da’Roneal
Williams, Kevin
Williams, Landon
Williams, Leslie
Williams, Lucinda
Williams, Patricia J.
Williams, Ronnie
Williams, Tennessee
Williamson, Anne
Wills, Mark
Willy, Uncle
Wilson, Gary
Wimberly, Gerald
wind speeds; hurricane categories and; in Mississippi; Superdome and
Winfrey, Oprah
Winn-Dixie
Wisconsin National Guard
Wise, Jerome
Witt, James Lee
Witte, Griff
WLBT-TV
WOIA-TV
Woods, Bobby
Woodworth, La.
Wooten, Patrick
World Health Organization
World Trade Center
World War II; boats and; Bush’s speech on; Dunkirk evacuation in
Wormuth, Christopher
Wormuth, Laura
Worthy, Sharon
Wrigley Field
WWL radio; as emergency clearinghouse center; evacuation of; on “Wall of Water”
WWL-TV
Xavier University
Yellow River, flood of (1931)
Young, John
Young, Laura
Zahn, Paula
Zaillian, Steven
Zarrella, John
Zarzana, Gaetano
Zavala, Oscar
Zumbado, Joaquin (Tony); at Camp NBC; canoe rented by; at Memorial Medical Center; Morial Center and; New Orleans flooding and; rescue efforts of
Zumbado, Lliam
Zuschlag, Richard
About the Author
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY is professor of history and director of the Roosevelt Center at Tulane University. Four of his books were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His last three historical narratives Tour of Duty, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc, and Parish Priest were all New York Times bestsellers. A contributing editor to Vanity Fair and American Heritage, he lives in New Orleans with his wife, Anne, and their two children, Benton and Johnny.
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Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism
(with Julie Fenster)
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc:
Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War
Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947–1954 (editor)
Wheels for the World:
Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903–2003
The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation
(with Stephen E. Ambrose)
American Heritage History of the United States
The Western Paradox: The Bernard DeVoto Reader
(editor, with Patricia Limerick)
Rosa Parks
The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House
John F. Kennedy and Europe (editor)
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1939, Eighth Edition
(with Stephen E. Ambrose)
The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey
Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953–1971
Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal
(with Townsend Hoopes)
FDR and the Creation of the U.N.
Credits
Jacket design by Ervin Serrano
Copyright
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brinkley, Douglas.
The great deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast/Douglas Brinkley.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-112423-5
ISBN-10: 0-06-112423-0
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