(Do I even need to say what happened? Katrina remembrance seems to be everywhere in the news this morning, particularly with the horrible irony of Gustav heading in to the Gulf Coast.)
I use the Library of Congress’ website almost daily (for my work with A Moment in Time, another U of R production), and their “Today in History” feature is fascinating, mining the depths of the Library’s often “hidden” treasures. (Take a second now to put Nicholas Cage out of your mind.) Today’s Hurricane Katrina feature was too good not to share.
In addition to the more technical NOAA and Map Collection links, there are also links to images of the whole sweep of Gulf Coast struggles with hurricanes, and a link to the StoryCorps oral histories, some of which you may have heard on NPR. The experiences of those who survived the storm are awesome, and serve as a reminder that the work people do now to prepare for “the Next Katrina”, whenever it comes, is vital to our nation.