Hurricane Katrina Superdome

    Hurricane Katrina was tied for the costliest hurricane to ever make landfall in the US.  It made landfall in the American south, but hit the city of New Orleans particularly hard, leaving several thousand people either dead, injured, or homeless.  With the fatalities between 1,245 and 1,836 people dead and $125 billion worth of damage, it is often revered as one of the most destructive and reckless storms in US history, rivaling that of Hurricane Irma and Harvey. 
     On August 25, President George W. Bush issued a state of national emergency before the storm.  New Orleans, a city that is almost completely next to the water, was at increased risk of flooding.  Stores and public schools in the area were all shut down, and cruise ships changed routes to avoid the high winds.  Most people boarded their windows and stocked up food and water as if it were a normal tropical storm, and most people were completely unprepared for the damage that would befall their town. 
     Most people that were unable to evacuate in time crowded into the city's Superdome stadium, a structure that most were sure would hold up.  It stayed mostly structurally sound, but what occurred inside was nothing short of apocalyptic.  Emergency generators for power failed, and the citizens were running out of provisions.  National guard had to patrol the area because it eventually got so bad.  Three people died shortly after they all crammed inside the stadium, one of which was a suicide.  There were also two people and a child that were raped while in these cramped conditions.  400-500 people with critical medical conditions had to be bused out of the stadium.  There were very limited bathrooms, and people were actually being shot and their belongings were being stolen.  No one could get in touch with their loved ones, and no one could enter or exit the stadium without national guard's approval.  It was as close to the apocalypse as one could get.
   After the storm stopped, thousands of people were still homeless and without food or water.  The federal government faced criticism for this, and were accused of not paying as much attention to the post-apocalyptic majority-black town as they should.  The National Guard was merely patrolling the neighborhood, and not offering nearly enough aid.  In the words of Kanye West, "Bush doesn't care about black people."