638. Part 1 of our interview with Lori Peek about her book, The Continuing Storm, which she wrote with Kai Erikson. More than fifteen years later,
Hurricane Katrina maintains a strong grip on the American
imagination. The reason is not simply that Katrina was an event
of enormous scale. But, quite apart from its lethality and
destructiveness, Katrina retains a place in living memory
because it is one of the most telling disasters in our recent
national experience, revealing important truths about our
society and ourselves. The Continuing Storm reflects
upon what we have learned about Katrina and about America.
