WINNER OF THE 2017 IPPY BRONZE MEDAL FOR BEST REGIONAL NONFICTION

FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NEXT GENERATION INDIE REGIONAL NONFICTION AWARD

A story of leadership and compassion witnessed following Hurricane Katrina.

In this eyewitness perspective, Bill Herrington weaves gripping details of the lives of people, businesses, and entire cities that were temporarily reversed and permanently altered by one of the most catastrophic storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina.

But from the destruction emerged a humanitarian response on a scale that few people will ever experience, including the efforts of Father Daniel K. Lahart at Strake Jesuit in Houston, Texas. On September 6, 2005, Father Lahart addressed the student body of Strake Jesuit about the decision to take in students from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

"We don't take in these students because it is easy, or fun, or good PR, or even because they'd do it for us," he said. "We do it because it is the right thing to do. You will be faced with similar situations often in your own lives. Often. Doing the right thing, even when it is difficult: This is being a 'Man for Others.'"

Contraflow is a tribute to the civic, corporate, and educational leaders who stepped up to show leadership and compassion and to provide critical resources and hope in the aftermath of a devastating storm.



Autorentext

As a corporate banker in New Orleans for 20 years, Bill Herrington actively supported community education alongside his wife Frances, a teacher. He uses his unique perspective of the extraordinary leadership witnessed after Katrina to raise funds to support education of youth impacted by natural disasters or family tragedies.



Klappentext

WINNER OF THE 2017 IPPY BRONZE MEDAL FOR BEST REGIONAL NONFICTION

A story of leadership and compassion witnessed following Hurricane Katrina.

In this eyewitness perspective, Bill Herrington weaves gripping details of the lives of people, businesses, and entire cities that were temporarily reversed and permanently altered by one of the most catastrophic storms in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina.

But from the destruction emerged a humanitarian response on a scale that few people will ever experience, including the efforts of Father Daniel K. Lahart at Strake Jesuit in Houston, Texas. On September 6, 2005, Father Lahart addressed the student body of Strake Jesuit about the decision to take in students from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

"We don't take in these students because it is easy, or fun, or good PR, or even because they'd do it for us," he said. "We do it because it is the right thing to do. You will be faced with similar situations often in your own lives. Often. Doing the right thing, even when it is difficult: This is being a 'Man for Others.'"

Contraflow is a tribute to the civic, corporate, and educational leaders who stepped up to show leadership and compassion and to provide critical resources and hope in the aftermath of a devastating storm.



Inhalt

PART ONE: COUNTDOWN TO DESTRUCTION 1: Three days Before the Storm A History of Community Activism A Reform Agenda Takes Hold The Press Conference that Never Happened 2: Two days Before the Storm A Disastrous Experiment The Contraflow Surprise A Vicious Curveball PART TWO: UNPRECEDENTED DAMAGE 3: The Storm One Day After the Storm Two Days After the Storm Three Days After the Storm A "John Wayne Dude" 4: Heartbreak at Airline Highway and Causeway Hatching an Unlikely Plan The Eeriest Sight Flooding the "Saucer" 5: Fifteen Minutes and Four Hefty Bags Black Stew The Essentials The Piano 6: The Rescue Guns and Crucifixes The Choppers We All Have Problems 7: Contraflow to Houston "We're Taking 'Em All" The Buses are Coming Unprecedented Leadership Valuable Lessons The Wicked Stepmother PART THREE: RECOVERY 8: Home Away From Home A Brotherhood of Sorts Sixth-Floor Solidarity The Merger 9: A World of Difference A Close-Knit Community A Man for Others The Lost Children of Katrina Silver Linings Thanks Houston 10: Returning Home Out on a Limb Gone The Looters A Little Louisiana Ingenuity 11: Stirring up the Hornets An Exhilarating Coup Before the storm The Easiest $20 I Ever Made An Unforgettable Return "Awn it Like a Hawnet" 12: Visiting Mr. Harrigan The Four-Letter Word Mr. Harrigan Looking Back Ten years after the storm Bibliography Index

Titel
Contraflow
Untertitel
From New Orleans to Houston
EAN
9780997649642
ISBN
978-0-9976496-4-2
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
03.08.2016
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
11.52 MB
Anzahl Seiten
254
Jahr
2016
Untertitel
Englisch
Auflage
Abridged