Why New Orleans Matters/When the Levees Broke part 1

pre-discussion assignment

Due Friday, February 2

Due by e-mail before class on Friday, Feb. 2

1. How is New Orleans different from other American cities that you know?

2. How are food, music, dance important in the culture of New Orleans? Why does Tom Piazza spend so much of the book talking about them?

3. Do you think the levees were blown up during Hurricane Katrina, or do you think they failed naturally?

4. What do you think should have been done differently, before, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the storm?