| 10/13/2005 | Cafe Du Monde reopens in the French Quarter after Hurricane Katrina. | Del Barco | Article | Click Here | Commerce | - |
| 10/16/2005 | New Orleans Police Captain Timothy Bayard writes a memorandum on his observations of police force performance during Hurricane Katrina. | Lipton | Web Page | Click Here | Police | - |
| 10/17/2005 | St. Bernard Parish and private business owners file suit in federal court. Plaintiffs allege that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly maintain the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet such that their property was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. (Originally filed under Tommaseo v. U.S.) | Braden | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Levees |
| 10/19/2005 | Lakefront Airport resumes operations. | Grenzeback | Report | Click Here | - | - |
| 10/20/2005 | Marty Bahamonde testifies before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Bahamonde | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 10/20/2005 | Representative Henry Waxman writes Michael Chertoff questioning a $236 million contract with Carnival Cruise Lines for temporary cruise ship housing. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Housing | - |
| 10/27/2005 | Representative Gene Taylor writes to Committee Chairman Tom Davis concerning a backlog of over 14,000 housing applications from Mississippi. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Housing | - |
| 11/1/2005 | House Members Henry Waxman and Charlie Melancon express concern over the fact that the DHS failed to complete an "operational annex" to the National Response Plan. The Representatives believe the failure greatly hampered DHS's response to the catastrophe. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | - | - |
| 11/2/2005 | A staff report of Rep. Charles Melancon criticizes the performance of Michael Brown. "...Mr. Brown made few decisions and seemed out of touch. In the midst of the crisis, Mr. Brown found the time to exchange emails about his appearance, his reputation, and other non-essential matters. Few of his e-mails demonstrated leadership or a command of the challenges facing his agency." | Melancon | Report | Click Here | FEMA | HOT |
| 11/2/2005 | The Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing on "Why Did the Levees Fail." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 11/2/2005 | Colonel Norbert Doyle (ACE) testifies before the Select Committee. Colonel Doyle does not have the information to answer the Committee's questions regarding debris removal costs, ice and water deliveries, tarp installation, and other recovery operations. Other witnesses at the hearing are similarly unprepared. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | HOT | - |
| 11/4/2005 | The Army Corps of Engineers issues a press release announcing a study to examine the New Orleans' area hurricane protection system. The study will be known as the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce. (IPET). The American Society of Civil Engineers will peer review the group's findings. | Rosenthal | Book | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 11/17/2005 | Daniel Hitchings, Regional Business Director of ACE testifies before a Senate Committee. Hitchings says that some of the levee sheet pilings had only been sunk to a depth of 10 feet. During questioning, Senator Vitter is of the opinion that the pilings should have been sunk to a depth of 17 feet. | Committee on Environmental and Public Works | Transcript | Click Here | HOT | Levees |
| 11/25/2005 | The Times-Picayune publishes a story alleging that the annual inspection of the levees by the Orleans Levee Board, the Army Corps, and the State Department of Transportation and Development were only cursory inspections. | Russell | Article | Click Here | Levees | - |
| 11/28/2005 | Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 is enacted authorizing the creation of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. | Dupre | Legislation | Click Here | Wetlands | Climate Change |
| 11/30/2005 | Ray Nagin announces the "Bring New Orleans Back Commission" which will analyze and suggest recovery options for the city. | Horowitz | Book | Click Here | Recovery | Commerce |
| 11/30/2005 | Ray Nagin lifts the city's evacuation order. | Horowitz | Book | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 12/2/2005 | Governor Blanco releases 100,000 pages of documents related to her office's handling of Hurricane Katrina. The documents are in response to a Congressional investigation. | | Article | Click Here | - | - |
| 12/2/2005 | Governor Blanco submits her response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security on her actions during Katrina. | Blanco | Report | Click Here | - | - |
| 12/6/2005 | Deputy Counsel to the President William Kelly writes to Committee Chairmen Davis and Melancon asking for a more narrow document request. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | - | - |
| 12/7/2005 | The Louisiana State Police releases a report on the breakdown of emergency service communications during Hurricane Katrina. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Communications | - |
| 12/8/2005 | FEMA issues a press release detailing its ability to provide quality medical care during natural disasters. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Healthcare | FEMA |
| 12/13/2005 | In a memo to Select Committee members, Rep. Charlie Melancon explains why it is necessary to subpoena documents from the White House and other agencies concerning their response to Hurricane Katrina. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 12/14/2005 | The House Select Hurricane Katrina Committee holds hearings in two sessions where Blanco, Ebert, Lokey, Miller, Parr and others appear as witnesses. | | Transcript | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 12/14/2005 | The Select Bipartisan Committee issues a subpoena to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to appear before the Committee on 12/30/2005. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 12/14/2005 | Phil Parr, DHS Coordinating Officer, testifies that he arrived in Louisiana on 8/29 and toured New Orleans by helicopter on 8/30. He also testifies that, because of flooding, the Mobile Emergency Operations and Communications Vehicle was unable to enter the "Dome." | Parr | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | Communications |
| 12/15/2005 | Ken Rapuano, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, briefs Representatives Melancon and Taylor about the White House response to Hurricane Katrina. The briefing shows "that there was a massive failure in virtually all aspects of federal response..." | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | HOT | - |
| 12/15/2005 | Reps. Melancon and Taylor submit a request to the Committee Chairman for additional White House staff hearings. Testimony so far "...showed virtually every aspect of the federal response had deep flaws...The preliminary White House findings found problems with planning, military response, emergency communications, logistics..." | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 12/15/2005 | Mayor Nagin appears on Larry King Live and discusses levee repair, rebuilding, and the increase in funds for the levees from the Bush administration. Mayor Nagin also says he will run for reelection. | | Transcript | Click Here | Levees | Recovery |
| 12/21/2005 | The Louisiana Secretary of Transportation is interviewed by the Committee on Homeland Security. He says that his department did not fulfill its assignment under the April 2005 Emergency Operations Plan. "We have done nothing to fulfill this responsibility." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Report | Click Here | HOT | Evacuation |
| 12/21/2005 | The National Guard releases a report "After Action Review." | | Report | Click Here | Security | - |
| 12/30/2005 | Congress allocates funds for the rebuilding of areas destroyed by Katrina. Experts estimate the federal government will ultimately spend $120 billion on recovery efforts | Horowitz | Book | Click Here | Recovery | Impact |
| 1/10/2006 | Rep. Charlie Melancon writes Tom Davis, Chairman, Select Bipartisan Committee, requesting the DHS's Operation Annex to the National Response Plan. The Annex had been requested on 9/30/2005 but had not been produced. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 1/21/2006 | Sandy Rosenthal organizes Rally On the Levee to create support for her public interest group Levees.org with the goal of informing the public of the causes of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina. | Rosenthal | Book | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 1/23/2006 | Rep. Charlie Melancon writes to Tom Davis, Chairman, Select Bipartisan Committee, asking for enforcement of the Committee's records subpoena. The letter details the DOD's and Donald Rumsfeld's refusal to comply with the subpoena. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 1/24/2006 | The Washington Post reports that the Department of Defense has delayed responding to a subpoena concerning its response to Hurricane Katrina. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 1/30/2006 | Lt. Colonel Keith Lacaze (LA Dept. of Wildlife) testifies at a Senate hearing on hospital evacuations. Lacaze details the communications problems that complicated securing approvals to obtain buses for evacuation. | Lipton | Web Page | Click Here | Healthcare | Evacuation |
| 1/31/2006 | CNN reports that the head of the Louisiana Department of Transportation will testify that the state had no evacuation contingency plans. The agency might have also turned down an offer to by federal agencies to assist in the evacuation of high priority individuals. | Meserve | Article | Click Here | Evacuation | Preparedness |
| 1/31/2006 | The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a hearing: Challenges In A Catastrophe: Evacuating New Orleans In Advance of Hurricane Katrina. Witnesses include Bradberry, Colonel Ebbert, Maestri, Guidry, Stephens, and Donchess | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 1/31/2006 | Johnny Bradberry, Secretary of Louisiana's Dept. of Transportation responds to Senate questions. He tells investigators that the Louisiana DOT had "done nothing to fulfill this responsibility", referring to the Department's duty to evacuate high priority individuals. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | HOT |
| 1/31/2006 | Joseph Donchess (Louisiana Nursing Home Association) testifies at a Senate hearing. Donchess discusses the many difficulties nursing homes faced during the storm including "marauding criminals." He notes that 21 nursing homes evacuated before the storm and 36 evacuated after the storm. | Lipton | Web Page | Click Here | HOT | Healthcare |
| 2/1/2006 | The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a hearing on Managing the Crisis and Evacuating New Orleans. Witnesses include Nagin, Brashear, Graham, and Pearce. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - U.S. Senate | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 2/1/2006 | In a Congressional hearing, Mayor Nagin admits it was the city's duty to provide potable water at the Superdome. He does not answer the question of who was responsible for conditions at the Convention Center. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - U.S. Senate | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 2/1/2006 | Mayor Nagin testifies at a Homeland Security hearing about the lack of documentation of any request to FEMA asking for Convention Center supplies. Nagin denies that FEMA did not know about Convention Center needs. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - U.S. Senate | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | HOT |
| 2/1/2006 | Chairman Collins, in a Senate hearing, asks Mayor Nagin about a needs assessment memorandum given to FEMA and why the request did not mention buses. Nagin replies that the bus requests were made orally. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - U.S. Senate | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 2/1/2006 | The Governmental Accountability Office releases its preliminary report on preparedness for Hurricane Katrina. The Comptroller enumerates many areas that need improvement. | Walker | Report | Click Here | Preparedness | - |
| 2/2/2006 | At a Congressional Hearing, Governor Blanco testifies that some people played "hurricane roulette," and that "We would not be here if the levees had not failed." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Levees | - |
| 2/2/2006 | In a Congressional Hearing, Governor Blanco testifies that regarding nursing home evacuations, "We have investigations going on, and arrests have been made. There is a personal responsibility from the owners of nursing homes." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Healthcare | Evacuation |
| 2/2/2006 | The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing to investigate the role of governors in managing the response to Katrina. Witnesses include Governors Haley Barbour and Kathleen Blanco. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 2/2/2006 | In a Congressional Hearing, Governor Blanco admits that nursing homes might have been denied priority rescue due to the high volume of calls coming into the Emergency Operations Center. [T.E.*] | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | HOT | Healthcare |
| 2/2/2006 | In prepared remarks, Governor Barbour testifies that over 30 million cubic yards of storm debris have been cleared in Mississippi. This is about 70% of the total amount that will need to be removed. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 2/6/2006 | The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a hearing: Managing Law Enforcement and Communications in a Catastrophe. Witnesses are: Vanacore, Kaiser, Fonash, Dowden, Riley, and Smith. | Committee on the Judiciary - House of Representatives | Transcript | Click Here | Law Enforcement | Police |
| 2/8/2006 | Col. (Ret.) Perry Jeff Smith signs an affidavit that is submitted to Congressional investigators, defending the actions of Governor Blanco. In the affidavit, Smith states, "We did not expect the levees to break." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | Levees | - |
| 2/8/2006 | In an affidavit submitted in a Congressional Hearing, Col. Perry Jeff Smith states that even though Katrina was designated an Incident of National Significance, the DHS never implemented the Catastrophic Incident Annex. This would have provided more aid to the Gulf Coast. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 2/10/2006 | Michael Brown testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Others testifying include Rhode, Stephan, and Broderick. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 2/10/2006 | The Select Bipartisan Committee issues a subpoena to Michael Brown to appear before the Committee on 2/13/2006. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Investigation | - |
| 2/11/2006 | Michael Brown, in a sworn deposition, answers questions from the Select Committee. Issues of Executive Privilege were raised in Brown's 9/27/2005 testimony and the Committee now directs Brown to answer their questions. | Brown | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 2/15/2006 | Michael Chertoff testifies before the Committee on Homeland Security. He notes in his prepared testimony that ninety-thousand square miles of land were impacted by Katrina, an area larger than Great Britain. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 2/15/2006 | At Michael Chertoff's appearance before the Committee on Homeland Security, Senator Lieberman enumerates several shortcomings of Michael Chertoff's management of DHS. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 2/15/2006 | Michael Chertoff testifies that Michael Brown "deliberately bypassed the Department and resisted communications with me, the HSOC, and the IIMG, and in doing so impeded DHS's and the federal government's ability to respond." | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Transcript | Click Here | HOT | - |
| 2/21/2006 | Lieutenant General Honoré writes the Select Committee asking for a correction to its report. Honoré states that he was never presented with a plan to evacuate victims using helicopters. | Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina | Report | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 3/8/2006 | Bush visits the Industrial Canal levee with Mayor Nagin and sees signs of progress in the city's recovery. [See also Bush, p. 328.] | | Web Page | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 3/16/2006 | Six Flags, Inc. says in its annual report that it expects insurance proceeds from storm damage to its theme park (formerly Jazzland) will result in a gain of $32 million over the book value of the assets. | | Other | Click Here | - | - |
| 3/24/2006 | In an effort to "overhaul" public education in the wake of Katrina, the Orleans Parish School Board and the Louisiana Department of Education fire all public-school teachers. Seventy-one percent of these teachers are African American. | Horowitz | Book | Click Here | HOT | Education |
| 4/21/2006 | Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld writes a memo to President Bush and states, "The charge of 'incompetence' against the U.S. Government should be easy to rebut, were people to understand the extent to which the current system of government makes competence next to impossible." | Rumsfeld | Book | Click Here | HOT | - |
| 5/24/2006 | UC Berkeley issues a press release detailing the release of the Independent Levee Investigation Team Report. (ILIT) | Sanders | Press Release | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 6/1/2006 | The Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Forces releases its report. (IPET) | | Report | Click Here | Engineering | Levees |
| 6/1/2006 | The Army Corps of Engineers holds a press conference announcing the release of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) report. The release states that the system failed "due to incompleteness, inconsistent levels of protection and lack of redundancy." | Sanders | Press Release | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 6/14/2006 | HUD announces it will demolish four large Katrina-damaged public housing sites in New Orleans. Some claim that the buildings can be rehabilitated at moderate cost. | Horowitz | Book | Click Here | Housing | |
| 6/15/2006 | Public Law 109-234 authorizes federal funds for the creation of a plan to deauthorize deep draft navigation on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. | | Legislation | Click Here | Infrastructure | - |
| 7/17/2006 | Dr. Anna Pou and two nurses are arrested on murder charges stemming from the deaths of patients at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina. A grand jury would ultimately decide not to file charges against the women. | Khan | Article | Click Here | Healthcare | Legal |
| 7/25/2006 | The Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act is introduced. According to a FEMA description the Act, "...established FEMA as a distinct agency with the DHS, defined FEMA's primary mission, and designated the FEMA administrator as the principal advisor to the President..." [See also History on the FEMA website.] | Collins | Legislation | Click Here | Legal | FEMA |
| 8/1/2006 | An outside consultant's report is submitted to the Navy. The report details the Navy's rescue and aid efforts during Hurricane Katrina. The report does not address the Navy's response compared to the robust life-saving efforts of the Coast Guard. | Walsh | Report | Click Here | - | - |
| 9/3/2006 | Mayor Nagin testifies at a Senate hearing that when he and Secretary Chertoff visited a FEMA staging area at Zephyr Field (Saints training facility), he saw large quantities of supplies sitting unused and undelivered to areas in need. | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - U.S. Senate | Transcript | Click Here | Evacuation | - |
| 9/24/2006 | The CBS news program 60 Minutes airs a story on the events at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina. Morley Safer interviews Dr. Ana Pou and nurses Cheri Landry and Lori Budo. | Schorn | Web Page | Click Here | Memorial | Health Care |
| 9/30/2006 | Voters approve a state Constitutional amendment to consolidate levees boards and change the manner in which board members are appointed. | Donze | Article | Click Here | Levees | - |
| 10/4/2006 | The Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act is passed. "This act defined our primary mission and designated our FEMA Administrator as the principal advisor to the president...for all matters relating to emergency management in the U.S. This act also codified...that FEMA may provide accelerated federal assistance and support where necessary..." (From FEMA) | Collins | Legislation | Click Here | FEMA | - |
| 12/4/2006 | Edward Blakely, Ph.D., is hired by Mayor Nagin to lead recovery planning efforts. Blakely had been teaching in Australia and had participated in previous recovery efforts including that in New York after 9/11. | | Article | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 12/18/2006 | Team Louisiana, on behalf of LSU, releases its report on the levee failure. The report details a number of design and construction flaws that led to levee failures. | van Heerden | Report | Click Here | Levees | Engineering |
| 12/28/2006 | Seven New Orleans Police Officers are indicted in state court on charges of murder and attempted murder based on shootings that occured during Katrina on the Danziger Bridge. | Lucia | Article | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 1/16/2007 | Michael L. Brown (head of LOHSEP prior to Katrina, not Michael D. Brown of FEMA) is sentenced to probation and a fine after pleading guilty to charges pertaining to obstruction of an investigation by the federal government. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Corruption | Legal |
| 2/1/2007 | The Orleans Parish Coroner concludes that he cannot find enough evidence to support murder charges involving the deaths of critically ill patients at Memorial Hospital. | | Web Page | Click Here | Healthcare | Legal |
| 3/1/2007 | President Bush visits New Orleans for an update on recovery progress. At a lunch with Louisiana officials, St. Bernard Parish president "Junior" Rodriquez refers to Mayor Nagin as the "chocolate man" and reminds the group that Congressman William Jefferson has been accused of having $90,000 in bribe money in his freezer. | Rove | Book | Click Here | Corruption | Race |
| 3/1/2007 | President Bush visits the Gulf Coast and promises more aid for the recovery. His visit is his 14th since Hurricane Katrina struck. Among other stops, the President visits Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans with Mayor Nagin and Lt. Governor Landrieu. | Pear | Article | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 3/1/2007 | After meeting with President Bush and Louisiana officials for a review of recovery efforts, Mayor Nagin later that day announces a $77 billion lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers. [T.E.*] | Rove | Book | Click Here | Legal | Army Corps |
| 4/9/2007 | In an interview with the New York Times, newly appointed recovery czar Ed Blakely, calls New Orleans residents buffoons, asserts that the the economy is based on tourist T-shirts, and that those who are demanding a right to return may be doing so for political gain. | Nossiter | Article | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 4/13/2007 | Newly appointed recovery head Ed Blakely apologizes for comments about New Orleans and its citizens in a New York Times interview. | McCulley | Web Page | Click Here | - | - |
| 6/1/2007 | The American Society of Civil Engineers issues a press release on the publication of its External Review Panel report "What Went Wrong And Why." The press release would later be the subject of an internal ethics probe by the Society. | Buhrman | Press Release | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 6/4/2007 | William Jefferson is indicted on federal bribery charges after investigators find $90,000 in cash in the Congressman's freezer. Jefferson is accused of soliciting over $400,000 from parties seeking business in Africa. Jefferson's congressional district includes New Orleans. | Jordan | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 7/1/2007 | A state court class action lawsuit against Tenet Healthcare over the treatment of patients and others at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina is settled for $25 million. | Fink | Web Page | Click Here | Healthcare | Legal |
| 7/24/2007 | A grand jury refuses to indict Dr. Anna Pou over deaths that occurred at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina. | Peck | Article | Click Here | Healthcare | Legal |
| 8/13/2007 | New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas pleads guilty to federal charges of accepting a bribe and resigns from the City Council. | McCulley | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 8/28/2007 | Governor Blanco testifies during the trial of nursing operators Salvador and Mabel Mangano. Blanco defended many of the decisions she made in response to the storm. The Manganos are on trial for negligent homicide due to death at their nursing home during Hurricane Katrina. | Nossiter | Article | Click Here | Nursing Home | Legal |
| 8/29/2007 | On the second anniversary of the the storm, President Bush visits the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in New Orleans. | | Web Page | Click Here | - | - |
| 9/7/2007 | Salvador and Mabel Mangano are acquitted of all charges related to 35 deaths in a nursing home they operated during Hurricane Katrina. The jury need 3 and 1/2 hours to acquire the couple who were charged with negligent homicide. Governor Blanco had testified during the trial. | McCulley | Article | Click Here | Nursing Home | - |
| 12/1/2007 | An article by Richard Campanella discusses the ethnic diversity of Katrina flood victims. Campanella found that in the New Orleans Metro area, whites were 51% of the population and 31% of flood victims, blacks were 44% of the population, and 65% of the flood victims. | Campanella | Article | Click Here | Race | Demographics |
| 1/3/2008 | Former City Council president Oliver Thomas begins serving a three year sentence on federal bribery and kickback convictions. | Donze | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 6/5/2008 | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deauthorizes the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. | Braden | Court Doc. | Click Here | Army Corps | - |
| 8/13/2008 | State court Judge Raymond Bigelow throws out the charges against seven New Orleans Police Department Officers based on killings that occurred on the Danziger Bridge during Hurricane Katrina. Judge Bigelow ruled that prosecutors had improperly disclosed grand jury testimony to a witness. | Rosen-Molina | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 8/20/2008 | On the third anniversary of the storm, President Bush makes remarks about the Gulf Coast recovery at the Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. The President also tours the city and Gulfport Mississippi to inspect recovery progress. | | Transcript | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 2/11/2009 | The FBI begins investigating the death of Henry Glover. Various witnesses are contacted and but most of the information gathered by the Bureau is redacted in documents received under the Freedom of Information Act. | | Report | Click Here | Racial Violence | Police |
| 4/6/2009 | The American Society of Civil Engineers finds no ethical lapses in its probe of the Katrina failures. The Society also examined the press release announcing the report and found corrections to that release were warranted. | Wilkinson, Jr. | Paper | Click Here | Legal | Insurance |
| 5/6/2009 | Ed Blakely announces his resignation from New Orleans' Office of Recovery and Development Administration. | Russell | Article | Click Here | Recovery | - |
| 7/1/2009 | Austin Penny leads the city's recently formed Community Development Department. The Department is the successor to the Office of Recovery and Development Administration previously led by Ed Blakely. | McNulty | Web Page | Click Here | - | - |
| 7/9/2009 | The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) is permanently closed. | Poche | Press Release | Click Here | Army Corps | Canals |
| 7/10/2009 | The Louisiana Legislature passes Act 523, 2009 that clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. This Act was updated in 2012. | | Legislation | Click Here | Environment | - |
| 8/5/2009 | Former Congressman William Jefferson is convicted by a jury of bribery and other charges in a federal court. Jefferson was accused of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from companies seeking his assistance in business dealings in Africa. | | Press Release | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 11/13/2009 | Former Congressman William Jefferson in sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and other charges. Jefferson was accused of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from companies seeking his assistance in business dealings in Africa. | | Press Release | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 11/18/2009 | A federal court rules that the Federal government, due to the actions or omissions of the Army Corp of Engineers in the maintenance of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, is liable for flood damages. | Duval | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Levees |
| 1/27/2010 | The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals holds FEMA liable for the cost of rebuilding Charity hospital in the amount of $475 million. Charity is replaced with a modern medical complex that opens in 2015. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Healthcare | Legal |
| 2/3/2010 | In a sealed indictment, Michael Lohman of the New Orleans Police Department is charged with conspiring to obstruct justice. Lohman, a Lieutenant on the NOPD in 2005, is alleged to have falsified information concerning the events surrounding the Danziger Bridge killings. | Letten | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 2/6/2010 | Former Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu is elected mayor of New Orleans. | Robertson | Article | Click Here | - | - |
| 2/9/2010 | Ivor van Heerden files suit in state court against LSU because of his firing from his university post. van Heerden alleges that his dismissal was based on his outspoken criticism of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and not due to his performance as a professor. | van Heerden | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Army Corps |
| 4/9/2010 | Ivor van Heerden files suit in federal court seeking injunctive and other relief because of his dismissal from LSU. The alleges that van Heerden was fired due to his criticism of the Army Corps of Engineers. | van Heerden | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Army Corps |
| 4/16/2010 | A bill of information is filed against NOPD Officer Robert Barrios. According to the Justice Department, Barrios conspired, "with fellow NOPD officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina..." Two men were killed and four wounded in the incident that occured on the Danziger Bridge. | | Press Release | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 4/20/2010 | The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig suffers a massive failure and kills 11 workers. Million of gallons of would eventually spill into the Gulf of Mexico and result in years of litigation. | | Article | Click Here | Environment | Wetlands |
| 7/15/2010 | The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is finally stopped, 87 days after the explosion. | | Report | Click Here | Wetlands | Remediation |
| 8/29/2010 | Five years after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Mitch Landrieu, Mary Landrieu, Brad Pitt, Wendell Pierce, Garland Robinette, and Douglas Brinkley are interviewed by Brian Williams about the storm. | | Transcript | Click Here | - | - |
| 9/30/2010 | NOPD Officers Ronald Mitchell and Ray Jones are indicted for giving false testimony during a civil lawsuit brought by the widow of Danny Brumfield. Brumfield was shot and killed by Mitchell outside the Convention Center on the Saturday after Katrina struck. The officers were never criminally charged in the incident. | | Press Release | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 10/28/2010 | In a WWLTV.com story, Andrea Celestine still questions the circumstances behind her husband's alleged suicide. Officer Lawrence Celestine committed suicide shortly after Katrina struck. Celestine's cousin by marriage was Henry Glover who was killed by police on the same day that Celestine took his own life. | Paulsen | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Corruption |
| 12/9/2010 | Three officers of the NOPD are convicted of various crimes related to the death of Henry Glover. On the most serious charges, David Warren is convicted of manslaughter, Gregory McRae is convicted of obstructing justice, and Travis McCabe is convicted of perjury and obstructing justice. | Robertson | Article | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 12/22/2010 | The Louisiana Appellate Court holds that the Office of Workers' Compensation did not err in denying death benefits to the widow of NOPD Officer Lawrence Celestine. Officer Clestine committed suicide shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck. The OWC did not find sufficient evidence in the record to show that Officer Celestine suffered from Acute Stress Disorder. | Jones | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | - |
| 3/10/2011 | Jamil Joyner is convicted of shooting a New Orleans Police Officer a day after Katrina struck the city. Joyner is sentenced to 35 years in prison for the shooting of Officer Kevin Thomas. | Maggi | Article | Click Here | Police | Rumors |
| 3/31/2011 | Officer David Warren is sentenced to 25 years and nine months in prison for civil rights violation in the shooting death of Henry Glover. Officer Greg McRae is sentenced to 17 years and three months in prison for civil rights violations and other offenses. | | Press Release | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 4/13/2011 | Two New Orleans Police officers are convicted in federal court on various charges related to the beating death of Raymond Robair July of 2005. | Hernandez | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 5/15/2011 | The Morganza Spillway is opened for only the second time since its construction due to heavy floods along the Mississippi River. The decision, made to avoid greater damage elsewhere, causes the loss of homes and farms in the deliberately flooded areas, reminiscent of the decision made in the flood of 1927. | | Article | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 6/17/2011 | The federal trial begins for New Orleans' police officers Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Kaufman, and Villavaso. The officers are charged with various offenses related to the killing of two people and the injury of several others on the Danziger Bridge. | Greene | Book | Click Here | Racial Violence | Race |
| 9/15/2011 | Former NOPD Officer Melvin Williams is sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for the beating death of Raymond Robair of Treme. The incident occurred in July, 2005. | McCarthy | Article | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 10/20/2011 | In van Heerden v. Board of Supervisors, a federal court rules on Motions for Summary Judgment. The court dismisses some but not all of the claims against certain defendants. The suit alleges that LSU wrongfully terminated the employment of the plaintiff due his negative comments about the Army Corps of Engineers. | Brady | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | - |
| 11/2/2011 | Former NOPD Lieutenant Michael Lohman is sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the coverup of police shootings on the Danziger Bridge. | | Press Release | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 12/1/2011 | Former NOPD Officer Robert Barrios is sentenced to five years in jail for his role in the Danziger Bridge investigation cover up. | Moughty | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 12/9/2011 | A federal district court jury finds former NOPD officer Ronald Mitchell guilty of two counts of obstruction of justice and perjury related to his testimony during a civil deposition. Mitchell had testified in a civil lawsuit by the widow of Danny Brumfield. Brumfield was shot and killed by Mitchell shortly after Katrina stuck. In the same trial, Officer Ray Jones was found not guilty. | Vance | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | Legal |
| 3/12/2012 | Assistant U.S. Attorney Sal Perricone is discovered as the author of a series of anonymous blog postings in the Times Picayune that are critical of the New Orleans Police Department. Perricone, among many of his other writings, anonymously commented on the Danziger Bridge case during the trial. | Greene | Book | Click Here | Racial Violence | - |
| 4/3/2012 | The Federal District Court denies former officer Ronald Mitchell's motion for a new trial. Mitchell was convicted of lying during a civil deposition concerning Mitchell's shooting of Danny Brumfield shortly after Katrina stuck. | Vance | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | Legal |
| 4/11/2012 | Former NOPD officer Ronald Mitchell is sentenced to 20 months in prison for lying during a deposition about the death of Danny Brumfield. Brumfield was killed by Officer Mitchell after a confrontation at the Convention Center shortly after the storm. | | Web Page | Click Here | Police | - |
| 6/20/2012 | State court judge Ethel Simms awards more than $1 million to wrongfully terminated pre-Katrina New Orleans school teachers. | AP | Article | Click Here | Education | Legal |
| 7/18/2012 | New Orleans City Council member Jon Johnson pleads guilty to federal charges and resigns from his position. Johnson admits that he diverted FEMA funds to his election campaign. He will later be sentenced to six months in prison. | | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | - |
| 7/24/2012 | The City of New Orleans enters into a Consent Decree with the Department of Justice. The Decree imposes review of the New Orleans Police Department to ensure adherence to civil rights laws. | | Web Page | Click Here | Police | - |
| 8/29/2012 | Hurricane Isaac makes landfall along the Mississippi and Louisiana coastline. Protected areas performed well but areas outside the HSDRRS did flood. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Report | Click Here | Levees | Engineering |
| 9/24/2012 | The U.S. Fifth Circuit reverses the trial court and holds that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot be held liable for damages arising out of Hurricane Katrina. | Smith | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Levees |
| 12/17/2012 | The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals orders that David Warren be retried for his actions surrounding the death of Henry Glover. The Court held that the trial court should have tried Warren apart from other defendants. The Court also affirmed some of the convictions of Gregory McCrae and affirmed the trial court's ruling to grant a new trial to Travis McCabe. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | - |
| 2/8/2013 | Federal Court Judge Brady rules that emails of LSU officials, as well as personal financial records of van Heerden, will be part of the public record. (van Heerden v. Board of Supervisors) | Lodge | Article | Click Here | Legal | - |
| 2/11/2013 | Parties to the federal suit filed by van Heerden against LSU for wrongful termination notify the court they have reached a tentative settlement. (van Heerden v. Board of Supervisors) | Lodge | Article | Click Here | Legal | - |
| 5/30/2013 | An appellate court in Louisiana hears the appeal of Judge Ethel Simms' award to fired New Orleans school teachers. | AP | Article | Click Here | Education | Legal |
| 7/24/2013 | The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East files suit in state court against Tennessee Gas Pipeline et al. seeking damages from 92 oil and gas companies whose operations have allegedly caused coastal erosion. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Environment | Legal |
| 8/-/2013 | The Union of Concerned Scientists publishes a report calling for the rethinking of flood insurance in light of climate change and rising sea levels. | Cleetus | Report | Click Here | Insurance | Climate Change |
| 9/17/2013 | The trial court in U.S. v. Bowen reverses the convictions of five officers convicted of various offenses related to the shootings on Danziger Bridge. The judge rules that online postings by a U.S. Attorney as well as other actions by the government require a reversal of the convictions and a retrial. | Engelhardt | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 11/8/2013 | The Parish of Plaquemines files suit in state court against Total Petrochemicals et al. for damages caused by oil and gas operations in coastal areas that did not comply with state regulations. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Environment | Legal |
| 12/11/2013 | David Warren is found not guilty in the shooting death of Henry Glover. Warren was retried for his actions surrounding Glover's death when an appellate court ruled that his trial should have held separately from officers involved in a coverup of the incident. | Rawley | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 12/18/2013 | Defendants in Plaquemines v. Total et al. file notice of removal of action from state to federal court. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Environment | Legal |
| 1/17/2014 | The State Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals court upholds a judgment in favor of fired schoolteachers against the Orleans Parish School Board and the Louisiana Department of Education. | Drelinger | Article | Click Here | Education | HOT |
| 2/12/2014 | Former Mayor Ray Nagin is convicted in federal court of accepting bribes and other criminal acts. | | Web Page | Click Here | Corruption | HOT |
| 8/15/2014 | Former NOPD Officer Gregory McRae is resentenced to 17 years in jail for incinerating the body of Henry Glover and misleading investigators. Glover had been shot by another officer in the days following Hurricane Katrina. | Grimm | Article | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 10/31/2014 | The Louisiana Supreme Court reverses monetary awards to fired pre-Katrina New Orleans teachers. The U.S. Supreme Court would later decline to hear the case. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Education | Legal |
| 11/4/2014 | Water Policy journal accepts a paper written J. David Rogers, et al. retracting any blame for levee failures previously ascribed to the Orleans Levee Board. The paper becomes available online on 3/6/2015. | Rosenthal | Book | Click Here | Levees | Army Corps |
| 3/6/2015 | Experts who investigated levee breaches shortly after Katrina struck (Rogers, Seed, Kemp) publish a paper correcting and amplifying their results. The paper states that the Orleans Levee Board bore no responsibility for the maintenance of the levees that failed. The paper cites also cites evidence that the ACE used a faulty study to determine sheet pile depth which ultimately led to their failure. | Rogers | Paper | Click Here | Levees | Canals |
| 4/1/2015 | New Orleans' Coroner Jeffrey Rouse reclassifies Henry Glover's death from undetermined to homicide. Glover was shot by Officer David Warren but his conviction for manslaughter was overturned on appeal and a new trial acquitted Warren of wrongdoing. | Johnson | Web Page | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 5/1/2015 | The Federal Court of Claims holds that the U.S. is liable for flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina under the Tucker Act. | Braden | Court Doc. | Click Here | Legal | Canals |
| 5/2/2015 | The Gay Krewe of Krewes is the first gay parade to march in the French Quarter. | Smith | Book | Click Here | Culture | LGBTQIA |
| 5/21/2015 | The U.S. District Court issues a Consent Order regarding the desegregation of schools in Avoyelles Parish. The Court had previously addressed the issues in rulings in 1969, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003 and 2005. | Drell | Court Doc. | Click Here | Race | Education |
| 8/1/2015 | University Medical opens 10 years after Katrina struck the city. It "replaced" Charity Hospital that was damaged during the storm. | Cunningham | Article | Click Here | Healthcare | Healthcare |
| 8/15/2015 | In United States v Bowen, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declines to reverse a lower court's order granting defendant police officers a new trial. The trial court had ruled that DOJ lawyers' social media postings violated the defendant's' right to a fair trial. | | Court Doc. | Click Here | Police | Racial Violence |
| 8/28/2015 | Former President George W. Bush returns to New Orleans to mark the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. | Ortiz | Article | Click Here | - | - |
