03237nam 2200637Ia 450 991079017840332120230126205023.01-280-12753-897866135314141-61703-024-4(CKB)2670000000162074(EBL)881906(OCoLC)782907564(SSID)ssj0000621682(PQKBManifestationID)12272148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000621682(PQKBWorkID)10616733(PQKB)10871963(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203758(MiAaPQ)EBC881906(Au-PeEL)EBL881906(CaPaEBR)ebr10551843(CaONFJC)MIL353141(EXLCZ)99267000000016207420110805d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHurricane Katrina[electronic resource] the Mississippi story /James Patterson SmithJackson, Miss. University Press of Mississippic20121 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61703-023-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Katrina Impacts Mississippi: ""This Is Our Tsunami""; Chapter Two: Havoc in the Aftermath; Chapter Three: Hitching Up Our Britches: Strength at the Bottom in a World Turned Upside Down; Chapter Four: Rising from Shell Shock: Sources of Resilience in State and Local Government; Chapter Five: Digging Out in a Whirlwind of Contract Controversy; Chapter Six: The Grace of Volunteers; Chapter Seven: The Long Wait for Housing; Chapter Eight: Disaster and Recovery in the Schools; Chapter Nine: The Great Red-Tape Battle for Public BuildingsChapter Ten: Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Progress and Frustration for the Business RecoveryChapter Eleven: Conclusion: A Persevering People; Notes; Index;This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty five thousand homes when the eye wall and powerful northeast quadrant of the hurricane swept a record thirty-foot storm surge across a seventy-five-mile stretch of unprotected Mississippi towns and cities. James Patterson Smith takes us through life and death accounts of storm day, August 29, 2005, and the precarious days of foodDisaster reliefMississippiDisaster victimsMississippiHurricane Katrina, 2005Personal narrativesHurricanesSocial aspectsMississippiDisaster reliefDisaster victimsHurricane Katrina, 2005HurricanesSocial aspects976.206/2Smith James Patterson1543322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790178403321Hurricane Katrina3796693UNINA