Interactive Timeline: Katrina and Its Aftermath
by Sheri Fink and Krista Kjellman Schmidt, ProPublica -- August 27, 2009 10:15 a.m. EDT | See Related Story.
Graphic by Macaulay Campbell
Sources: The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley; Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared, Special Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate; Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection Sustem, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Coast Guard; The New York Times; The Washington Post; The Boston Globe; The Times-Picayune; Associated Press reports; CNN; The Brookings Institution.
Director of Research Lisa Schwartz contributed to this timeline.
Multimedia for "The Deadly Choices at Memorial"
![]() Interactive:Inside Memorial Medical CenterSee the layout of Memorial Medical Center and where its patients were located and evacuated from. |
![]() Interactive:On the Frontlines at MemorialThe doctors, staff, and patients at Memorial Medical Center when Katrina hit. |
![]() Video: What It Means TodayThe impact and importance of the events at Memorial Medical Center. |