Sep 1st, 2008 · The memory of Hurricane Katrina still lingers in New Orleans. This time around, many of New Orleans' residents heeded the call to leave the city ahead of Hurricane Gustav. State officials also learned from Katrina.
Aug 31st, 2008 · Hurricane scientists following Gustav from the air on Saturday watched the hurricane rapidly gather strength. Most of them had tracked Katrina, and as they analyzed the data coming in Saturday, they were acutely aware of the implications for people on the ground.
Aug 31st, 2008 · In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has spent much of the past three years strengthening the levee system that Katrina breached — but the project isn't supposed to be finished until 2011. Bob Turner, regional director for flood protection in Southeast Louisiana, talks to host Jacki Lyden about the project.
Aug 30th, 2008 · Gustav has become a powerful category 3 hurricane heading toward Cuba. It is expected to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast Monday. Residents of New Orleans are preparing for Gustav, only three years after another category 3 hurricane, Katrina, devastated the city.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Shrimper Ricky Robin rode out Hurricane Katrina on the trawler he built himself nearly 30 years earlier. Over the course of the storm, he helped rescue people from the parish and gave them food and shelter on his boat. Three years after Katrina, Robin's story is the basis of a new book, The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous, by Ken Wells.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Three years ago Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast and caused unimaginable destruction. Tell Me More commemorates that date with a rendition of "Amazing Grace" by New Orleans native, Aaron Neville.
Aug 29th, 2008 · As New Orleans' levees buckled, Kim Rivers Roberts turned her video camera on marooned friends, relatives and neighbors. Roberts' footage has been adapted into a powerful documentary that is as much about America as it is about the deadly storm.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Officials in Texas and Louisiana have put their National Guardsmen on standby as Tropical Storm Gustav makes its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, officials said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. Friday is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans. Is New Orleans prepared for another major hurricane?