THE LOST CITY.

Looks at the causes of devastation in New Orleans and the slow relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Description of early reactions to the threat of Hurricane Katrina; Criticism of the relief response of President George W. Bush, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and local officials; How the Army Corps of Engineers had warned of levee problems and the potential of a disaster; Statistics about the racial and socioeconomic makeup of the New Orleans population; Stories of survival and death; Conditions at the Superdome and other refugee camps.