A Furious History

In the debut episode of Resilience Rewind: Hurricane Katrina, we step back more than 500 years to explore the long and violent history of hurricanes in the Americas. Drawing heavily from Eric Jay Dolin’s A Furious Sky, we uncover how the past has a way of repeating itself — a haunting reminder that the storms we’ve endured before are warnings for the storms still to come. This foundation sets the stage for understanding why Katrina was so destructive in 2005 — and why the lessons of history still matter today.