Katrina: Come Hell and High Water

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•2025

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Episodes

1. We Gonna Ride It Out Like We Always Do

As Katrina closes in, officials issue a voluntary evacuation order that turns mandatory hours before landfall. With no way out, thousands hunker down.

2. Shelter Of Last Resort

Stranded in floodwater or held against their will at the Superdome, survivors face dire conditions — and no help from the federal government for days.

3. God takes care of fools and babies

New Orleans residents past and present honor loved ones lost in the storm and reflect on the challenges facing the city's culture and communities today.

Overview

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities it exposed.