Here is a list of resources that my former writing classes and I have compiled over the years. It's a bit outdated. 

Here is the National Geographic movie that we watched in class.

Here is the most famous Katrina documentary, Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke.  The full documentary is available at Bird Library. 

Here is a thorough timeline of the events that happened between August 27, 2005-September 3, 2005, written by Douglas Brinkley, a renowned historian and author, and professor at Rice University in Houston, TX. His book, The Great Deluge, offers an extensive discussion of what unfolded during these days.

This is an infographic from Live science (you can zoom in using a pdf reader program) that explains the basics about Hurricane Katrina, including death toll, cost, flooding impact, and more.

Many of our SU students have connections to Hurricane Sandy, or were affected by it. This is another helpful infographic to give you a sense of how Hurricane Katrina (2005)  compared to Hurricane Sandy (2012).