Lt. Gen. Honore, who guided New Orleans through Katrina aftermath, reflects on devastating hurricane

Hurricane Katrina smashed into the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, causing extraordinary damage, displacing thousands of residents and busting the levees around New Orleans, putting 80% of the city underwater.
In scorching heat and in desperate need for basic necessities, residents waited an agonizing five days for federal help. It didn’t take long for chaos and lawlessness to take hold.
Into those dark days walked Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, a 40-year military veteran, who quickly took control of the drowning city, helping to restore calm and steer resources to traumatized residents. He became one of the pivotal figures in New Orleans’ immediate recovery, a take-charge figure whom the mayor at the time compared to John Wayne coming to town.
On Aug. 29, the exact anniversary of when Katrina struck 15 years ago, Honore sat down with News Nation Anchor Rob Nelson to share his memories from those unsettling days in 2005, to gauge how far the city has rebounded, and to give his perspective on what lessons America learned from the unprecedented tragedy.
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[@Raider352]

Lt General Honore is an example of real leadership.

[@glock30fotyfive]

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[@Mike-kh9gj]

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[@markbell9000]

Thank God for U, General "Ragin Cajun" Honore! Like Ray Nagin said, U started Kickin Ass, Takin Names, & Cussin folks to get them moving, helping to better the situation just as Soon as U touched Down in NOLA! Too many people who had the power to make good things happen were "STUCK ON STUPID" and had their heads up their ass, and not enough was getting done, in the first few days or the WORSE NATURAL DISASTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY! Again Thank U, & God Bless U! ❤

[@K4R3N]

Cat4 or 5 could mess this all up again

[@JesgateOnDown]

@K4R3N It's here. 2024 category 4 "Helene" Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee have catastrophic damage. Millions are without power...

[@K4R3N]

@@JesgateOnDown yeah my buddy in Atlanta was pumping water out of his basement. Pumps don't work without electricity!

[@brutaltruth4140]

He’s a complete head job now.

[@ElissaStark514]

A year late, but no, he's not. And he's helping a lot, in Florida. What are you doing? Just staying busy badmouthing people online? Very helpful.