Le Ann Williams Floodlines
Newkirk ii executive produced by katherine wells and produced by alvin melathe and kevin townsend floodlines revisits the story of hurricane katrina through the.
Le ann williams floodlines. Reported and hosted by vann r. Having her be an instrumental figure in the podcast s portrait of that time period was an anchor point one that the team realized shortly after. At the time of storm le ann williams was 14 years old. Williams lived in new orleans sixth ward and was 14 when katrina hit.
Floodlines details city evacuations conditions at the ernest morial convention center which housed displaced residents even as minimal. We got off on the tchoupitoulas exit and we were sitting under the bridge. Floodlines tells an epic story of environmental catastrophe human suffering misleading news reporting and astonishing incompetence from local and national government as it focuses on the days. Le ann s life intersects with all those ideas.
Floodlines an outstanding new audio documentary about hurricane katrina from the atlantic was released in its entirety on march 11. F loodlines a podcast from the atlantic about hurricane katrina begins by introducing us to le ann williams. Having her be an instrumental figure in the podcast s portrait of that time period was an anchor point one that the team realized shortly after. At the time of storm le ann williams was 14 years old.
Floodlines from the atlantic tells a timely story of how the failures of leadership and misinformation turned a manageable category 3 storm into an unnecessarily brutal tragedy. Le ann s life intersects with all those ideas.