A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer

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crossed Florida before hitting Louisiana as a category 5 storm

caused storm surges as high as 26 feet (near the roof of a two-story house)

caused 62 tornadoes in 8 states

overwhelmed the levee (floodwall) system in New Orleans

left refugees in the Superdome in squalid conditions without enough food or water

forced city residents to evacuate, though not everyone could

resulted in widespread crime and chaos as people fought to survive

created resentment at slow government response, often attributed to racism

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