My wife used to work with a lady who eventually quit her job, and found her calling as an Author. One of her earlier books was about her and her husband's vacation to New Orleans right when hurricane Katrina hit. How they were stranded, and how they survived. It is a first hand account, written from her eyes from before the storm hit, through the chaos, to there arrival back in Ontario. It isn't the greatest piece of literature, but it gives some good insight 1st hand on what happened, how they survived, etc.

I've found it a bit of a learning tool also in the sense that S can HTF even when you are on vacation...and the simplest items that are at hand today, can be luxury items within days.

Here's a link to the book, and a lil blurb:

http://picmusicpublishing.com/MarcyItaliano/KatrinaAndTheFrenchman.htm

“Italiano introduces us to a small group of survivors, referring to them by colorful nicknames--a city of origin or a distinguishing feature. She takes us through the tedium of waiting and not knowing, their gradual loss of faith that they might ever get home again. Her book is intensely personal. She reveals her anguishes, both physical and emotional. Having to decide what belongings were worth keeping and which ones could be jettisoned when they were forced to lighten their loads. Anger at the unfairness of the situation, and grievances over small issues that were magnified out of proportion due to the stress of the situation. And, ultimately, the terror didn't end when they were on a bus headed to Houston. Their escape was fortuitous and she recounts a combination of survivor guilt--when she became one of us, watching the disaster continue to unfold on her own television--and post-traumatic stress reinforced by the pervasive curiosity of everyone they talked with in the weeks after they returned to Canada. Her anguish as she watched friends try to decide what to do when Hurricane Rita materialized a few weeks later. Even nature took a jab at them, sending the remains of Rita to tumble the gazebo in their back yard.

I posted this more as another reference from first hand experience, but if the moderators consider it advertising, please move to the appropriate forum, or delete and my apologies. 🙂