The Truth About Hurricane Katrina: A survivor’s Gripping Account of the Desperate Aftermath

Author Dunbar provides an eloquent and chilling chronicle of the challenge to survive day after day in a city laid waste by the violent after-effects of the storm.

Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) February 4, 2006 -- “Every local and state government official knew these people could not escape the city. To add to their misery, no provisions or shelters were provided for them. If I would have had the means to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina swept across the city, surely I would have done it. But I had no other alternative but to stay in the city and pray that God would keep my wife and me safe.”

It is widely known now that as Hurricane Katrina made its way toward the City of New Orleans, thousands of its citizens, who lived in poverty, were unable to evacuate. With no means that would allow escape from the impending storm, the abandoned populace would face days and nights of terror, starvation, and death. When help arrived it was too little and, for many, too late.

Author Eric Dunbar and his wife were among the trapped, and from their experience comes Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer, a true-life account of what happened in the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. Author Dunbar provides an eloquent and chilling chronicle of the challenge to survive day after day in a city laid waste by the violent after-effects of the storm.

“Conditions in New Orleans grew worse by the day. People were clinging to rooftops, they were huddled together in crowds on bridges, and dead bodies were seen floating in the morose flood waters. The water was beginning to give off a foul odor like that of raw sewage. Mosquitoes were multiplying ever so rapidly in the swamp-like water. Not to mention the pains of hunger that had now overwhelmed my whole existence, and the desire for a glass of cool water was at times, all I thought about.”

The Dunbars found refuge in a school, where with many other city residents they waited, praying that someone would rescue them. “I thought within,” Dunbar writes,” that I had been abandoned to drown like a trapped sewer rat. In my exasperation many painful memories resurfaced. When I saw the sadness of the people that surrounded me, I could not help but think about all the injustices that had been dealt to Black Americans, all written on the silent pages of time.” As Eric and his wife searched for food and water, they met person after person who related the horrific happenings at the Convention Center and the Superdome, the places where many citizens were herded by the police and left to cope with the crisis on their own, in an atmosphere rife with crime.

Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer is a powerful book that examines what could have been done to prevent such large-scale human suffering, and takes a look at what is happening now with the survivors and their continuing victimization. It also broadens our understanding of the history and economics of New Orleans and of its people.

Book Statistics

ISBN(s): 1598002392
Retail Price(s): $20.95
Size and Format(s): 6 x 9 Paperback
Page count: 140
Publication Date: Dec. 2005
Availability: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, B&N.com, www.outskirtspress.com/???, www.vinepublication.com

Author Contact:
Eric Dunbar
971 E. Sanford Street, #2322
Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: 817.881.1001
Email: Eric @ vinepublication.com
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