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Hurricane Katrina Update

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Over eleven hundred dead More than one million displaced The frail in wheelchairs abandoned FEMA did not act in haste

The writing wasn't on the wall But on the roofs of the people stranded Will there be a real probe into this? Bush still remains less than candid

The man once in charge testified And his answers were emphatic: He blamed each and every problem On politicians Democratic

Cheney's pals all got contracts A license to steal and to rob Yeah, Brownie, Bush was right: You did a heckuva job

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“Hurricane Katrina Update,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26313.