I Was There: A Look Back at Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2026
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May 12, 2026
I Was There: A Look Back at Hurricane Katrina
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I Was There: A Look Back at Hurricane Katrina
Summary
As hurricane season approaches, this repeat episode revisits one of our most memorable and moving conversations about the human impact of extreme weather. Emily goes off the radar with Traci Curry, director of the National Geographic docuseries Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, and hears from Shelton Alexander, a New Orleans resident who survived the storm inside the Superdome and later captured his experience in a powerful poem. It’s a sobering reminder of how these storms shape lives, and why those stories still resonate today.
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