The Big Uneasy: The flooding of NOLA after Katrina

[@ellemoe2919]

My previous video was: *“PBS Predicted Hurricane Katrina Disaster”*

[@jamesmitch1113]

why are so many people here in 2021 lmaooo

[@ellemoe2919]

@@jamesmitch1113 The algorithm, I mean, the TVA’s sacred time keepers…

[@judas_cobane]

Same 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@white_boy_billy6201]

same wtf

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@ellemoe2919 Exactly

[@TheCgrules]

I was young when this happened. I lost my whole childhood when Katrina hit. I lived right outside the lower 9th ward. It's sad watching this. I remember the first time I got to see my house after they let people back in.

[@emilyd.6371]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you're well today!

[@markofexcellence5209]

I was moving when I found some papers I wrote in 1st grade or thereabouts. I was writing about the (obviously a very simplified version) implications of Katrina.

[@rodboijones7390]

sorry to hear, it was sad to watch how people were being treated and told to leave, and when they came back they didnt have a place to stay sad!

[@brentonwebb5097]

Hopefully you have bounced back.. I was living my dream 25yrs old when it hit. Definitely change my life.

[@samanthagonzalez714]

I’m so sorry that happened to you

[@bigwes2020productions]

Van Heerden got the whole entire thing right from start to finish. Good Job for pointing this out ahead of time. i wish a lot of people would have listen to this man.

[@newnamesameperson397]

This is what happens when you build in a swamp and pump all the water out. The group starts to sink and before you know it you are building in a bowl surrounded by water

[@Calilou52]

This comment is what happens when you watch that PBS documentary about New Orleans we all came here from

[@joshuawright1935]

@@Calilou52 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuawright1935]

@@Calilou52 my question is why are we all watching videos about Katrina right now at the same time? Your comment says 5 hours ago, doesn’t that seem weird?

[@bigcountrymower4263]

@@joshuawright1935 It's gotta be the algorithms. I am truly fascinated by hurricanes now.

[@joshuawright1935]

@@bigcountrymower4263 did you start looking up other hurricanes and shit like “deadliest hurricanes”?

[@MrDuka42]

it's scary when I look at it but new Orleans is literally like a large bowl. just imagine the waste, sewerage and salt water that took forever to drain.

[@emilyd.6371]

yes!

[@lumox7]

A bowl below sea level.

[@PreGameler]

Build a glass orb over new orleans 🤔

[@narajayde520]

PreGame LMFAO

[@tswagg504]

It didn’t drain, it had to be pumped out.

[@luke-i1w]

It may have made sense to have this city here when it was founded back in the 1700's up until this hurricane hit, but not now. This situation is only going to get worse. Ida just slammed into the city and tens of thousands of people are still without power 2 weeks later. I know it's hard for a lot of people to leave an area that has been home, but if I were a resident of New Orleans, I would leave...now. I do understand it doesn't make financial sense for many residents as they cannot afford to move. There should be some government subsidy to allow people to move from this area though. The cost to repair everything after Katrina was $125 billion to $160 billion (five and a half times more than the budget of NASA this year). The next big one will cost way more than that probably. You could move a lot of people for that kind of money. 800,000 citizens could be given $200,000 each to relocate ($400,000 for a family of 2). Keep a small population there to have historical areas saved (with the understanding that evacuations will be mandatory and are going to happen), but the rest need to be given the incentive to leave. From a financial and life saving standpoint, the cost is too great and the lives lost are too much to continue to maintain this city. I am by no means taking a jab at the citizens of New Orleans with this comment. They are a proud people with a rich history and probably some of the toughest people in the country. I've been to New Orleans multiple times and loved it. Geography is simply not on our side here. I know its a really unpopular opinion, but if "abandoning" the majority of the city ends up saving thousands of lives when a category 5 hurricane hits the current location in 3 to 7 years and destroys every levee with a record breaking storm surge, it would have easily been worth it.

[@SkiaAAAA]

With some proper investing from government, this could work and possibly save lives.

[@aaronlaughlin2389]

Honestly Louisiana has the southern cities that could take in the population too, Baton Rouge Lafayette and Lake Charles are all within 3 hours of New Orleans. Way different culture but it makes so much sense to just abandon a city that is literally a ticking time bomb

[@The_Chosen_None_]

People live there on purpose, and that really baffles me. It's not even a nice area to live, it's literally a swamp. Just left there today. I don't understand why anyone would stay there, the rain, humidity, the smell ugh. Get out while you can. Lovely people. Terrible place.

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

@@SkiaAAAA the southern states don’t care about their people , they won’t spend the money 🤷🏽‍♂️. Republicans.

[@SkiaAAAA]

@@anonymousanonymous4690 As a person who lives in a southern state, you are probably right but also wrong. Rehousing people takes a massive amount of money and resources and if it were a reasonable option, I think something would have been done by now. New Orleans, like a lot of large cities, have culture and people who choose to live there. The people still there likely acknowledge what happened during Katrina but refuse to move due to family and financial reasons. Going back to the resources bit of moving people, states would likely accept a certain amount of people and families would be split up. My whole point though is that though there likely is some form of political reason that would prevent people moving from southern Louisiana to be an easy process, there are more factors at play besides politics. I am hardly scratching the surface of the other factors here.

[@sfgiants3]

A superb, eye-opening documentary that every American should see. Many of us think we are "protected" by Army Corps of Engineers' levees, but think again. Paul Harris Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"

[@annbush1826]

It was the New Orleans Levee Board which failed us, as their refusal to allow the Corps of Engineers permission or funds to build LOCKS at the lake openings drove the surge into the city

[@2-1inffwa97]

Why would anyone think man made protection of any kind against nature while living below sea level on the coast is enough 🤯

[@annbush1826]

Katrina' powerful winds blew at just the right angle to smash the waters of the Gulf through the Pass of the Rigolets into shallow Lake Pontchartrain. The 20 foot high wave generated by the pressure and the direction of the winds forced the Gulf waters into the open mouths of the city's drainage canals.

[@jacoblawrence8150]

This feels like RTGame playing cities skyline

[@deadgiveaway-z3i]

Country roads, take me home, to the place, where i belong, west virginia! mountain mama!, country roads, take me home!...

[@rashardjones97]

His last statement scary he said “this is how WE sunk” like they knew this wud happen

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

I've lived in around New Orleans and South Mississippi my whole life. Everyone and their mother knew that when that behemoth was 300 miles out, New Orleans was going to flood.

[@lowellmccormick6991]

The moral of the story is to not live below sea level. There were many things that led to the aftermath of Katrina. To blame the Corps of Engineers for the levees failing is being shallow and short sighted. The root of the problem goes way back. The pump stations are in the middle of the older part of the city. The levees that failed are on canals that go from the lake to the pumping stations. They bring the Gulf of Mexico to the center of the city. When the levees were built, drainage canals were dug. Neighborhoods were built on the former swamps and the organic rich soil composted, caught fire under ground in some cases and all the land behind the levees subsided. In the early 1930's a concrete seawall was built along the lakefront at 10' above sea level. The land behind that is as low as 12' below sea level. After Hurricane Betsy, the Corps of Engineers wanted to move the pumps to the lakefront but local political interests kept that from happening. There is a long story of how we got to where we are. But most people don't know or don't care.

[@myoldbuddy05]

And the sinking is due to faulty engineering. The whole region is alluvial floodplain. The soil needs to be wet in order to be stable. But the infrastructure is built to pump water out of the city and into the surrounding waterways, which causes the underlying soil to shrink and shift. This is a huge part of why NO's streets and sidewalks are so busted, and why so many houses have shifted on their foundations. The Mirabeau Water Garden in Gentilly is a proof-of-concept project to try to correct this problem, based on engineering solutions in other low-lying coastal areas such as Denmark and the Netherlands. It's 100% a solvable problem. There is no reason New Orleans can't be stable and safe.

[@lowellmccormick6991]

@@myoldbuddy05 I don't disagree. Politicians are usually not engineers. When we moved to a subdivision built on top of swampland in 1957, the only concern was more houses, more people and more tax revenue. That subdivision has sunk about 3 feet. Hindsight is 20-20 and politicians are nearsighted. One of my college physics professors was adamantly against levees and dams because the short term gains are not worth the long term damage. I believe he was right. The river control system removes 89% of the silt load from the river before it reaches S. Louisiana. Even if the levees around New Orleans were removed, it wouldn't restore the wetlands. S. Louisiana is transient geography. It wasn't here 10,000 years ago and it probably won't be here in 10,000 years.

[@lowellmccormick6991]

@jojofromtx I have 6 USGS quad maps of New Orleans and the surrounding areas taped together for when I study New Orleans history. I also have quad maps of the area going to the late 1800's for reference. I used to draw maps for a living. I grew up in a neighbor hood that sank from the time we moved there in 1957. I shoveled a dump truck full of river sand every 2 years for 40 years to keep the house above grade. I've done my research. The only part of New Orleans that is above sea level is along the river, and to a lesser extent, along Esplanade Ridge and Metairie Ridge. Are you familiar with the houses that blew up in Bissonet Plaza because subsidence broke the gas line to the houses? Have you driven thru Lakeview or Little Woods without breaking your suspension?

[@214scrillatscrillawayne7]

4:35..this how WE sunk New Orleans Parrish

[@makeadadavis7221]

i noticed that too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@214scrillatscrillawayne7]

@@makeadadavis7221 yes...they do so much fucked up shit....they dont know To not talk so much

[@BEEZIEWLRD]

Heard that

[@cd8578]

Sames here.....

[@richennis3663]

@@214scrillatscrillawayne7 who's they

[@kevinnapier8996]

Amazing Presentation.

[@seanwallace6404]

It was a heartbreaking experience. There are many people I never heard from again.

[@Paytonwh]

Sorry about that brother, much love to you and yours!

[@carriemahoney1721]

Did he say this is how we sunk new Orleans parish?

[@Reedy_Re]

4:35

[@Itsmoochie4reels2]

Facts

[@Itsmoochie4reels2]

The way that the system to keep the water out was built did nothing but allow water to perfectly drowned the city with any heavy hurricane

[@jamaicanjuice8684]

i heard that too... conspiracy?

[@Mario-su1jz]

@@jamaicanjuice8684 He means the levees designed to protect the city, trapped the water in the city.

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

Amsterdam makes a city out of former ocean bed. The big difference is that it's not going to get hit by hurricanes every 3 years and they have HUGE ocean wall barriers out at sea to prevent any surges

[@safespacebear]

This is a really good video stripped of all the bs breaking down how it all happened. Very scary but NOLA built back better. Not sure any city would very be ready for Katrina but she handled Ida fairly well

[@cutie1427]

exactly. we were at some cat 5 winds. and people were back working in nolq the next day. we fucking made for this shit. lousiana bayou peeps

[@mrs.wallace3175]

We sure did! Our levies held up for ida. I’m so happy.

[@Alran109]

It's only a matter of time before this happens again. It's all but guaranteed. There will be another storm powerful enough to break the levies again and the city will flood.

[@starman1144]

They should bring Dutch engineers to help with flooding.

[@ljs5757]

Been there already done that

[@sickbymuckditch6565]

They did lol BEFORE katrina happened, they were just ignored

[@jamesfromacct]

They did, but decided it was too expensive

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

@@ljs5757 not done that you guys didn’t do that and suffered the consequences of your actions

[@ZooKeePla]

People love their money

[@BebeLush2]

I still cry watching this. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

[@TheJakeman789]

I don't feel sorry for them. YOU DON'T BUILD A CITY UNDER SEA LEVEL THAT CLOSE TO THE OCEAN.

[@slurpee4203]

@@TheJakeman789 it’s not the civilians fault? they didn’t settle there?? blame the settlers, not people who live there idiot

[@baseballbobby7090]

@@TheJakeman789 yeah cause those that died are the ones who built the city...lol are u dumb?

[@kuhataparunks]

Really clear video and visuals thank you

[@Cruz1214.]

I lived in Metairie at the time, the damage to other areas was really bad, we could not enter the city for over a month or more, and when my parents went back to the house, they had a nasty surprise waiting in the fridge, as for the house itself, it was fine, but my room suffered water damage because of the fucking insurance not wanting to fix a loose shingle and in turn the fuckers had to replace the whole roof, adn all they gave us was around 500 for the entire room when it was their fucking fault I lost a TV, Bed, Rug, etc thnk fully I was smart enough to bring every electronic system I had with me, which at the time was gameboys and a gamecube I think? but anyway That Hurricane fucked alot of people over, I was in high school at the time at Rummel

[@tswagg504]

Roberto Abud Metairie and the West Bank pretty much only had wind damage....I moved back 3 months after the storm to Harvey, which looked like a Hurricane never hit.

[@BadNewz52]

Definitely wasn't ni Gameboy and GameCube at that time lol

[@jimmyjohnjuan]

Insurance companies suck. Fk them. But why didn't your parent fix the shingle?

[@BadNewz52]

@@alexanderzerka8477 the person said he THINKS that was what was out at that time..I'm just stating what was out at the time period..and yes I realize time moves forwards..thats why he wasn't playing no got damn gameboy or GameCube when Katrina hit...he mighta had a dreamcast or a ps1..but the ps2 was out..and the ps3 came a year after katrina..use you brain

[@rahmreekoo86]

All of northern metairie and kenner flooded to the city's left and that was not shown on this animation because that area belongs to Jefferson Parish (County). Our only areas spared by flooding were the areas next to, along the river and the entire West Bank side of the River, not shown on this animation.

[@ljs5757]

Metairie flooding was due to rain torrential rain not overtopping of levees my son lived in buccaneer Villa North in chalmette he had three and a half feet of water on the second floor of their townhouse I lived in Metairie during Katrina you can't possibly compared to the city you might compare it to the flood of May of 1995 but that's about as far as you can go you apparently feel slighted but it wasn't the same

[@rahmreekoo86]

@@ljs5757 metairie flooding in the north was due to rain BUT was more to the point due to Broussard leaving the pump stations unmanned and our pumps weren't operating, but flooding is still flooding and this animation, I do believe appeared to be addressing ALL flood stages in sequential order, hence why i felt the need here to point out two areas not represented in this here animation.

[@xannaduu]

Jefferson & Orleans Parish along the river is a natural levee, probably the strongest in the cities. The regional Army Corps HQ is along there, so you would imagine they believe it to be the safest.

[@damamae950]

Great help with envisioning the sequence and scope of the flooding. Glod bless NOLA

[@stickystick105]

Why build a city there though?

[@013DaBoss]

Cuz back in the day it made sense to be at the mouth (I think that's how it's called) of the Mississippi river when the fastest travel was by boat. You literally controlled 2/3 of the country by controlling the waterway. Now it makes no sense with every other mode of transportation.

[@mrwilljones3015]

At the 52 mark (approximately 4:30am.) the water over top the leeve to New Orleans east. The water surge did not bounce off the MRGO leeve and shoot down the industrial canal to flood the 9th ward. New Orleans east flooded first!

[@ljs5757]

So I'm guessing you're mad because you flooded first and they didn't point that out does it really matter

[@dionakevin2]

no one mentioned that the levy board diverted state and federal funding to maintain the levy system into their personal slush fund.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Of course they did That’s a democrat city for you

[@lillagahnavich7700]

unfortunately due to Bush Administrations warmongering in the Middle East at the time...alot of the Fema budget was reallocated to Iraq and stuff... Heck basically the whole Louisiana National Guard was on deployment overseas ....Def made things from a Federal Assistance standpoint a clusterbag of dicks

[@mileva3723]

Hi I'm from Peru, I'm watching 5 days at the memorial. I am here cause I want to know more about hurricane Katrina. I feel for all this families that lost their homes and love ones.

[@booksteer7057]

Spike Lee's 3-part documentary "When the Levees Broke" is available for free here on KZbin.

[@charlesclark667]

@4:35 How WE sunk Orleans parish and a large part of New Orleans in 24 hours!! WOW

[@ReginaJohnson-q5b]

That part I'm going down the comments to see who heard it

[@nolapas711]

Do you have the rest of the movie?

[@beathunter1578]

sehr gut erklärt

[@WoavyGaming]

Can anyone help me identify the song that starts at 10 seconds? Can't find it anywhere.

[@PTMG]

I'm trying to figure out how this is the first time I have seen or heard of the term "NOLA"

[@Alran109]

New Orleans needs to be abandoned. Why should we keep paying for the damages to the city when it's all but a guaranteed certainty this will keep happening? Not to mention the unnecessary loss of life. It's idiotic. It's location and how it was built is just mind boggling that anyone thought this was a good place to put a city.

[@013DaBoss]

The city was founded in the 18th century. It made sense for it to be where it is with the Mississippi River and Gulf. You controlled transport to more than half of the country. Of course now it makes no sense. Every shitty geographically positioned city had a very good reason to be where they are. Until they didn't but stayed regardless.

[@LilRedRasta]

Right and let’s abandon Venice in Italy too. You don’t just abandon the 13th oldest city in America. It has immense historical relevance. America wouldn’t be a country if it wasn’t for New Orleans. Heck majority of the country has roots to New Orleans because of the Louisiana purchase. It’s also the founding place of Jazz. Abandoning New Orleans is like abandoning Boston or NYC. You just don’t do it.

[@LilRedRasta]

@Name see: Amsterdam. It can be done. The question is whether the government would build the necessary infrastructure.

[@AdmRu432]

@@LilRedRasta In this day and age all that 'historical importance' bullshxt is being revealed for what it truly is... The White Man's Last Clinging Hope To Modern Existence 😭.... If y'all don't get rid of funky ass new orleans Our Ancestors Will Keep Flooding Shxt until it's just gone

[@tbewin1z143]

@@LilRedRasta Amsterdam doesn't get hurricanes

[@NwoFresh]

these time stamps seem a bit off because we was talking to people in new orleans lower 9th wd at 12pm-ish and they said nothing was wrong and its hot outside we heard a boom through the phone and that was it from there

[@Rayster.556]

Isn’t this the same guy that was a reporter in the 1999 movie Godzilla. Correct me if I’m wrong

[@booksteer7057]

It's astonishing that anyone moved back. Hurricane Ida hit 16 years later TO THE DAY! Why is anybody still here? Why am I here? 😯

[@brisjapenseboyfriendyaoi4422]

What are the names of the people in Katrina that died?

[@langdonowen161]

Great educational video, well done

[@MountainStreamLives]

Dr. Ivor van Heerden is someone people ought to listen to more often. He’s a true American.

[@courtlanddevine4779]

4:30 he says this is how we sunk. NOLA in 24 hours . but they tell the public katrina did lies all lies

[@amberrenee8058]

Courtland Devine are you dumb or something?? It flooded DUE TO THE LEVEE BREAKING DUE TO THE HURRICANE CALLED KATRINA. They didn’t lie. Google it. I fucking hate conspiracy theorist. Y’all are the worst thing that’s happened to the world. Y’all are fucking shit up. JUST STOP!!!!

[@ThankGodImBlack370]

@Christina Bonvillian She knows you're right. She was trying to intimidate you.

[@shpattashi797]

The soil in Louisiana is pretty much sand and gravel it’s weak the levees were built sometime in the 1900s the army warned the mayor that if Katrina hits its gonna flood the city the mayor here is at fault he knew that it would flood and didn’t properly equip the city usually city’s affected by hurricanes have a plan and call Red Cross and fema before hand the mayor didn’t even have an evacuation plan set he knew the poverty of New Orleans and didn’t help till it got to late

[@michaelcaraballo7785]

Nobody blew up the levees. What good would come of that? Sending resources and spending millions to rescue the people who wouldn't leave.

[@thhdhn2]

I am from new Orleans. No one blow the levee. I don't know why a lot of black people think that the government blow the levee.

[@meseyc]

It's unfortunate but this will continue to happen until you either raise the city or abandon it

[@swift8033]

So true

[@206hxcx]

they will have to do what chicago did but on a monumental scale. truly one of the most geographically screwed places in the US

[@Turnpost2552]

@@206hxcx not even close.

[@mrwilfredmyers7566]

Two active links their for ideas and observations. Uk. Mostly thinking about Japan. Do you see anything similar. ?

[@hebneh]

"You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie."

[@asafaust8869]

Made a fool of himself.

[@SCNewbCaster]

FEMA didn't create the disaster (poor city planning did), and the total destruction prevented aid from getting to the people who refused to evacuate. It made me sick that the media and people like you try to politicize a disaster of this scale. Katrina was a wake up call to me. It didn't matter how bad it got or how many people died, the media would still try to make it into a political attack.

[@lillagahnavich7700]

@@SCNewbCaster that's only partially true.... unfortunately due to Bush Administrations warmongering in the Middle East at the time...alot of the Fema budget was reallocated to Iraq and stuff... Heck basically the whole Louisiana National Guard was on deployment overseas ....Def made things from a Federal Assistance standpoint a clusterbag of dicks

[@jackkessler1886]

Why are there white rocks at the breach sites? As a memorial or for some other reason?

[@jakurdadov6375]

They used rock to plug the gaps in the levees because the rock resists erosion. These rocks just happen to be white. If the quarry had black or gray rocks, the plugs would be black or gray. Before you ask: Rock is used in emergencies because it's quicker. But it is much costlier, New Orleans doesn't have any native rock. The levees are typically built with sand and clay because those materials are locally available. Before you ask: Levees and dams are safely and successfully built with sand and clay all over the world. With proper engineering and construction, there is no more problem than anything else built by people.

[@jackkessler1886]

@@jakurdadov6375 I wasn’t going to ask either of those follow ups but alright thanks lol

[@lilliancordova6721]

which part of New Orleans did not flood? Was it the French Quarter? Lilly

[@kennywhiddon1497]

Uptown and the French Quarter

[@archivalfootage1]

uptown, gentilly ridge, french quarter, and the westbank did not flood. Roughly 20 percent didnt flood.

[@ljs5757]

In New Orleans the highest part of the city is the actual River with thousands of years of flood have raised the land level in addition to the giant man-made levees that's part of the reason it didn't flood there

[@timfronimos459]

a city has been over 200 year & it restS below sea level AND THIS EVNT SURPRISES PEOPL

[@TEMPLE7D]

Interesting how many comments suggest the whole city moving instead of just fixing the damn problem in a robust way. Instead of a “patch job” .

[@annbush1826]

This excellent video refers correctly to "the drainage canals" making it clear how the waters of Lake Pontchartrain surged into the city Fifteen years later, the Southeast Flood Authority has been created to replace the corrupt old New Orleans Levee Board. The members are appointed by the Governor and must have at least one civil engineer.There are also a hydrologist and a geologist om the 9 person Board. Mayor Nagin , who rejected the relief train Amtrak offered to send, declared he was going to keep his “chocolate city” and then flew to Dallas with his family.

[@jakurdadov6375]

Civil Engineers and Geologists can also be corrupt. Former Orleans Levee Board President Guy F. Lemieux was always in the papers for misuse of funds.

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

My favorite part of the Katrina story is maybe this is nature's way of saying, "This isn't a smart place to build a city, you know in a massive flood bowl." And then people are like, "We should totally rebuild this city exactly where it is, in the same low-lying area that's inevitably going to get flooded at some time in the future."

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

And if it’s not flooded it will dry out cuz the Mississippi is meandering away and is about to link with another river and flood it but the Corps of engineers is keeping that from happening too

[@MaxBrix]

That seems redundant. Nature could just let causality tell us that it floods there.

[@therabbi9848]

Moving 1.5 million people out of the area which is also the economic and cultural capital of the Gulf Coast region is no simple thing. New Orleans was founded where it was because it was pretty much the only part of the delta that was both inland enough to have reasonable space for expansion and downriver enough to control the mouth of the Mississippi. I cannot stress enough how strategically important New Orleans was, especially prior to rail and vehicular dominance. It's also worth pointing out that the oldest parts of the city are not nearly as likely to flood as the newer parts. You can even see that in the graphic.

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

What?@@MaxBrix

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

​@@therabbi9848 New Orleans WAS strategically important long ago. But in our present day, that is no longer relevant. Its low elevation is a huge liability. In an age of climate change and the strong possibility of rising ocean levels, I ask how much sense does it make to rebuild a city in such a high-risk geographical area? And oldest parts or newest parts of the city: it's not smart to ignore a significant flood risk just because some older part of a city is less likely to flood than other parts. That's a not a wise risk management strategy. To be clear: if the city were still intact (i.e. pre-Katrina), one could argue it isn't easy to move the cultural and economic capital of the Gulf Coast region. But once Katrina happened and the city was destroyed, this is a perfect opportunity to rebuild more intelligently (say miles further inland, where the floor risk is much lower). But to just rebuild a city right in the same place where it was destroyed is incredibly shortsighted. Repeating the same behavior but expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. If you have an opportunity to rebuild in a safer, less flood-risk area, why wouldn't you? Furthermore, choosing to rebuild in the same place that was previously flooded is incredibly irresponsible; because New Orleans will get flooded again. it's not question of if, but when. Hoping that it won't flood is not a smart risk strategy. But if you want to ignore what I'm saying and choose to rebuild in the exact same place that was devastated by a flood, do not come looking for sympathy or help when it inevitably floods again.

[@kimballspeakthreetheater3318]

It's a surprise even to New Orleans Residents how big a part of a City that's BELOW SEA LEVEL flooded during a huge ass Hurricane? Delusion is real with these people.

[@polloloci21]

I have an idea!! Let’s continue to live here!! :)

[@eksibaklava1434]

What do you suggest they do dingus

[@purplecupp3046]

This is incorrect. The water came four days after the storm hit.

[@AboveItCB]

Katrina took everything from me and my family. so sad still 😞

[@herrington292]

A ten foot wall of water!?!?!??! I assumed it was slow floowing.

[@blcouch]

If a Hurricane doesn’t get SELA, the Atchafalaya river capturing the Mississippi above Baton Rouge surely will. It’s just a matter of which one will happen first.

[@JennyinIllinois]

I'm in New Orleans now on vacation. Wow just wow ♡

[@moneytrellofficial8045]

Crazy how u was probably standing where it was more that 20 ft of water and now its normal.....

[@thesavagesoutherner]

Coming from someone who lives in Louisiana, I wish that no one would've been killed in this storm. However, I wish that New Orleans was still underwater. It is just the nastiest city. It's neck and neck between San Bernardino and New Orleans for the worst city in the US.

[@Skazellino]

I've been all over this country and New Orleans takes the cake for worst nastiest city

[@jakurdadov6375]

Easy solution: Never come back.

[@ChillGuy9272]

Watched many videos on stated they were poorly designed many things over looked or just plain ignored and the ones “inspecting” them did not actually inspect them at all. Such a horrible avoidable accident. R.I.P to all those who perished

[@kristopherbearden590]

This music playing in the background is ridiculously dramatic.

[@richardmyhan8755]

Army corps of engineers

[@DatsMyRound]

Dude said this his how they sunk new orleans in 24hrs

[@otmorozok1724]

this is New Orleans Mr. Zennan not Beirut!!

[@davidquezada50]

The city was made doom from the start why are they still there

[@alvanwalls8371]

Kin folk said Jed move away from there...I wouldn't invest in New Orleans real estate anytime soon..

[@gunitundaboss2404]

Sad

[@HannahHogan1]

lake pontchartrain was the one that destroyed six flags new orleans

[@emilyd.6371]

...and it was also responsible for killing thousands of people.

[@ATK10155]

Literally everybody: Hey your city is 18 feet below sea level, You should probably not live here. Everybody in New Orlands: nAw

[@donlitt]

Those canals were such a terrible idea

[@tbewin1z143]

thats how they drain the city...theres a good chance without them, the lakefront levees get overtopped

[@donlitt]

@@tbewin1z143 the canals do both they help drain and they help flood

[@tbewin1z143]

@@donlitt that's true...they can be a hazard during a flood

[@Mirando114]

And this guy got fired from LSU because he spoke about the shortcomings of the plan to protect NOLA. THE FEDERAL FLOOD OF 2005

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

All Polar Ice caps melt . . .220ft of water World wide

[@tbewin1z143]

puhleeze...and earth has had periods where there have been no ice caps before...man cannot control the weather

[@CHUCKBALLER2024]

@@tbewin1z143 get swim trunks

[@jtoledoxx8]

I’ve heard some people that lived in the Lower 9th Ward talk about how they heard an explosion by the levees. Even a professional came to see and he said that the way the levee broke it wasn’t caused by water. #gentrification

[@jakurdadov6375]

I think that was a professional film-maker.

[@Itsmoochie4reels2]

Oh so it hits the projects first then downtown has hella time before flooding

[@DonavanBarraza]

yep never moving there

[@RodrickColbert]

It's amazing that something like this could happen in the wealthiest nation that has ever existed....or is it?

[@booksteer7057]

Never underestimate the power of a large bureaucracy, like the Army Corp of Engineers, to eff things up.

[@1689LCF]

The wealthiest nation on Earth should not have any issues with power shortages and yet here we are. Something is fishy with the US and where they spend their money.

[@booksteer7057]

@@1689LCF Inertia, stupidity, laziness, short-sightedness, greed, just plain poor leadership. Take your pick. :-/

[@sly9263]

Its amazing that so many stupid people want to blame modern government for being unable to protect a city built in the most stupid location possible from a major natural disaster. The weak minded always have to look to blame someone because they're incapable of accepting reality; that city should never have been built there, nor should it be rebuilt, but everyone will cry either way so enjoy the cycle of blame and stupidity. Your emotional ties to your hometown fish tank are irrelevant once logic is applied.

[@jack_640]

@@booksteer7057 What country do you live in?

[@supersnake151]

I knew it was bad, but had no idea it was this bad.

[@ronaldschaefer3171]

time to get out of Dodge.

[@jdub3901]

Hello...My name is Mr. BURNS...I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A LETTER FOR ME...

[@Uptown3Thuggin]

😭That shit was not no levee brach they actual blow the levees because crime was high , to kill off some of the people and most and for sure the houses and land

[@Stormtrooper53]

Ironically, the French Quarter for the most part did not flood during Katrina.

[@dinosaurus598]

The French Quarter will not survive , next time An Major Hurricane directly hits New Orleans. An Hurricane that's faster and stronger than Ida in 2035-2050

[@tbewin1z143]

how is that ironic? French Quarter sits high up, not hard to understand...if New Orleans was even at sea level, then this wouldn't not have happened nearly as bad as it did

[@jakurdadov6375]

That's only ironic to the idiots who think this was punishment to a sinful city by a petty childish magician living in the sky. The French Quarter is the original city, built in 1718, at 15 feet above sea level.

[@cody9710]

You missed the part about the bombings, but yeah continue on

[@depdark1]

Bombing of what ? Never heard anyone talk about this before

[@pnu504horaceakatimekeeper3]

All I can ask is why and what is the actual mean of it what a crazy world we live in

[@mrwilljones3015]

Don’t be a dick head Hoshi

[@nolaadat4615]

@@mrwilljones3015 sthu

[@mrwilljones3015]

@@nolaadat4615 Tell your Mami to STFU

[@Isayitwithmychest]

They way they are reporting the 10 and 18 ft wall of water sounds like a plan rather than a report 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤧🤧🤧🤧

[@Erika11Garcia]

Why would anyone want to live there when every hurricane season there’s another chance this could happen?

[@Megatraum504]

because it truly is unlike any other place in the US. Our people here are generally the most united and kind I've ever experienced. I have a strong love/hate relationship here but i couldnt imagine living in many other places. It is a unique environment here. and to add more, people simply just don't have the means to uproot and start a new life elsewhere. Not sure how u got it in life, but I don't have the education or bankroll/support to just up and move to a new city to find a job and affordable housing, with no connections. Took me a long time to find a decent job with no type of college education or experiences and I still have to commute an hour to Baton Rouge for that.

[@japanjordan5253]

watt the fuck is a new or leanes.?

[@peterwinkler8011]

They blew up the lower 9 ward levee for Betsy

[@masary483]

echt erschreckend wie inkompetent die amies sind, hätten die sich mal vom Schimmelreiter abgeschaut, wie man nen ordentlichen Damm baut, trotzdem gutes Video #fürdenalgorythmus

[@AceNinja2112]

Drain the Swamp!

[@YFStunnah]

Notice he said "how WE SUNK New Orleans in 24 hours"...

[@slyfoxxsr.941]

Prayers to the ignorant people that live 5 ft below sea level and left between a river and Lake an act surprised when they're flooded during a hurricane

[@pnu504horaceakatimekeeper3]

Did he said how we just sunk New Orleans in 24 hours wow wow wow

[@mrs.wallace3175]

We made is thru Ida tho. Our levies held up! #louisianastrong If u don’t stay here u don’t understand ❤️

[@peytonbass5396]

I find it interesting that Harry speaks of the Hurricane Katrina after filming A Mighty Wind.

[@lostsoul5043]

No one can stop Jesus. I tell you no one. Not even a damn soul.

[@KreativeKontrolz]

Scary🥺

[@MzIvorySeattle]

YES BECAUSE RESIDENTS THINK AND STILL SAY THE CITY BLEW THE LEVEES IN THE POOR BLAK AREA

[@nuclearthreat545]

Wtf!!!

[@fuffoon]

Is there a time when logic, economics, and personal hardships dictate that its time to rebuild on higher ground further inland. Point two. How many times per day must a husband apologize and be scolded by his wife until his self respect and nerves are shot to hell. Is 15 to 20 times excessive or par for the course?

[@paulnothnagel2136]

Mr. Van Heerden is sooo South African.

[@Nucky131973]

I lost everything to a hurricane but I wasn't going to put my family's lives in danger over the mail

[@muhamedjones122]

The whole city got flooded

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

3:38 "If we had to go downstairs to that front door to try to get out..." "I can't swim a lick" To that I say... tough shit. You were told well in advance to get the fuck out of there. Instead you chose to remain and become a victim. Then... You blamed your government.

[@annbush1826]

You don't know what you are talking about. Amtrak offered to send a relief train over the trestle bridge before the rising waters made it impossible. Mayor Roy Nagin refused, saying he would keep his "chocolate city" and then flew to Dallas with his family. Most New Orleanians don't need a car, as our streetcar and bus systems make the whole city easily accessible. All the drivers were with their families, Governor Blanco refused to let President George W, Bush send the National Guard for 3 days, while looters destroyed the CBD and attacked Charity Hospital to try to get in for the drugs. He sent the aircraft carrier Bataan with its hospital and water, and finally sent in the Coast Guard and Guardsmen who reported it was "worse than Beirut,"

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

@@annbush1826 Nothing you said has changed my mind. Hurricane warnings come well in advance. Anyone who sticks around deserves what they get.

[@justinwallace390]

Amen

[@peterwinkler8011]

Yes bcleveeut why was there a huge barge there Coincidence Not.They blowed up the