One of the most vivid memories I have of Hurricane Katrina harks back to the morning of August 28, 2005--exactly three years ago today. Turning on the television in my bedroom, I saw the news that a Category Five hurricane was barreling directly toward New Orleans.
In almost the same instant I reached for the phone to call our contributing editor Willie Drye. "I was just calling you," he said when he picked up on the other end.
That launched what remains the most viewed disaster coverage in the eight years since we started National Geographic News.
Photo of Willie Drye with Beaucat courtesy Willie Drye, 2002
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