8/29/2005: Katrina makes landfall as a Category 4 storm, bringing with it sustained winds of 145 mph with gusts of up to 175 mph and massive storm surges that overwhelmed the city’s levees, flooding 80% of the city, as well as many of the outlying neighborhoods, or parishes.
August 29th, 2017- “…Without electricity or basic supplies, tens of thousands of people sought shelter in the New Orleans Convention Center and Louisiana Superdome. At both sites, conditions rapidly deteriorated amid overcrowding and a lack of supplies. Almost unbelievably, it took more than two days for a full-scale relief effort to be launched. In the meantime, frustration mounted as stranded residents suffered from heat, hunger, crime and a lack of medical care….”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdM8yZ-DVtk