Depending on government to save you??!!-----A Katrina Odyssey: A Reporter Recounts Devastation, Confusion, Moments of Grace | RealClearInvestigations

As a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 2005, James Varney was on the front lines of the newspaper’s coverage as Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region.

Initially, New Orleans appeared to have been spared the storm’s full force. 

But a natural disaster became far worse because of human error as the levees failed, unleashing catastrophic flooding, submerging large swaths of the city...

• Delayed and disorganized responses at local, state, and federal levels deepened the crisis...
• Meanwhile, some police officers themselves were implicated in looting and abuses.

Nearly 1,400 people died and hundreds of thousands were displaced...