Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
I agree that social media as well as Katrina have led to big differences in reaction compared to Katrina.
One other thing worth mentioning: Like Sandy, Katrina made landfall on a Monday. But the real conditions in the state didn't become huge news until late Tuesday/early Wednesday. The Superdome wasn't fully evacuated until Sunday. So at this point in the Katrina story, the magnitude of the problem was just becoming known.
That's a misconception and it can be blamed on media. Death toll was definitely much higher in New Orleans. The news of the hurricane did not become huge until New Orleans disaster was publicised. Devastation on the gulf coast of Louisiana and Mississippi had already occurred on Monday.
The fault lies squarely with media that many people still don't know about the scale of devastation or when it occurred. Networks race with each other to chase the same story. Consequently truth is buried.
New Orleans problems were caused by flooding sue to levies breaking, which happened after the hurricane. The Gulf Coast was destroyed as hurricane was pounding the coast.