{"id":483611,"date":"2022-08-12T02:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hellish-hurricane-katrina-scenario-of-five-days-at-memorial\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T02:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:24:32","slug":"the-hellish-hurricane-katrina-scenario-of-five-days-at-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hellish-hurricane-katrina-scenario-of-five-days-at-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"#The hellish Hurricane Katrina scenario of &#8216;Five Days at Memorial&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ac43d9a841\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ac43d9a841\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hellish-hurricane-katrina-scenario-of-five-days-at-memorial\/#%E2%80%9CThe_hellish_Hurricane_Katrina_scenario_of_%E2%80%98Five_Days_at_Memorial%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The hellish Hurricane Katrina scenario of &#8216;Five Days at Memorial&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;The hellish Hurricane Katrina scenario of &#8216;Five Days at Memorial'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFive Days at Memorial\u201d unfolds like a post-apocalyptic horror movie \u2014 but, sadly, it\u2019s an all-too-true story of the human and physical devastation wrought by<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Katrina\"> Hurricane Katrina<\/a> on New Orleans in the late summer of 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-episode <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, premiering Aug. 12 on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\">Apple TV+<\/a>, is based on Sheri Fink\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name chronicling the hellish five-day timespan at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans as Katrina ravaged the city, breached levees, submerged most of the area underwater and forced the hospital and LifeCare \u2014 a private health facility on the 7th floor \u2014 to evacuate its patients with deadly results that no one could have foreseen \u2026 or, perhaps, even avoided.<\/p>\n<p>The series opens on Sept. 11, 2005, 13 days after Katrina first made landfall, when 45 bodies were discovered in the abandoned hospital\u2019s chapel, with no explanation of what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to them or how they got there. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-8.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vera Farmiga as Dr. Anna Pou. She's wearing green hospital scrubs and is standing with her hands on her hips in a hospital hallway, looking very worried.\" class=\"wp-image-23428508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-8.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vera Farmiga as Dr. Anna Pou in \u201cFive Days at Memorial,\u201d premiering Aug. 12 on Apple TV+.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Russ Martin \/ Apple TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s the thread around which <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carltoncuse?lang=en\">Carlton Cuse<\/a> and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0725984\/\"> John Ridley<\/a> build their narrative, flashing back to Aug. 29, as Katrina barrels down on the city and unleashes its fury for what everyone in the hospital assumed would be a bad few days \u2014 but nothing they hadn\u2019t been through before. Right. The main players include Susan Mulderick (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emmys.com\/bios\/cherry-jones\">Cherry Jones<\/a>, \u201cSuccession\u201d), the nursing director and \u201cincident commander\u201d who discovers, to her astonishment and horror, that the hospital <em>has<\/em> no official instructions on how to evacuate in the event of a flood; Dr. Anna Pou (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/verafarmiga\/?hl=en\">Vera Farmiga<\/a>, \u201cBates Motel\u201d), who\u2019s committed, to a fault, to helping wherever she\u2019s needed; Dr. Horace Baltz (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/chris-pine-dad-robert-pine-five-days-at-memorial-premiere-1235337163\/\">Robert Pine<\/a>); Diane Robichaux (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/julieannemery\/?hl=en\">Julie Ann Emery<\/a>, \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d), an assistant administrator at LifeCare repeatedly left out of the loop; and Dr. Bryant King (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/corneliussmithjr\/?hl=en\">Cornelius Smith Jr.<\/a>, \u201cScandal\u201d), a junior doctor who\u2019s committed to his patients\u2019 care amidst the hell breaking loose around him. <\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s only the tip of the iceberg; \u201cFive Days at Memorial\u201d also embraces the stories of hospital patients and their family members cut off from contact with their loved ones \u2014 unable to ascertain what\u2019s going on while watching it all unfold live on television \u2014 and those, including premature babies, whose lives are put at risk once the hospital\u2019s power goes out. Memorial\u2019s parent company, Dallas-based Tenet, also comes under scrutiny, virtually ignoring the pleas of regional manager Michael Arvin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/08\/joe-carroll-apple-five-days-at-memorial-peter-porte-recur-days-of-our-lives-beyond-salem-1234820409\/\">Joe Carroll)<\/a> to help evacuate the hospitals patients and staff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-6-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Adepero Oduye as ICU nurse manager Karen Wynn and Cherry Jones as nursing director Susan Mulderick. They're talking to each other at the nurses' station in the emergency room and they're both wearing blue hospital scrubs.\" class=\"wp-image-23428539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-6-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adepero Oduye as ICU nurse manager Karen Wynn and Cherry Jones as nursing director Susan Mulderick.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Russ Martin \/ Apple TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-2-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Robert Pine and Cornelius Smith Jr. as Dr. Horace Baltz and Dr. Bryant King. Pine has his hand on Smith's shoulder in a reassuring manner.\" class=\"wp-image-23428672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/five-days-at-memorial-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Robert Pine and Cornelius Smith Jr. as Dr. Horace Baltz and Dr. Bryant King.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Russ Martin \/ Apple TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first, everyone is relieved that they\u2019ve skirted the worst of Katrina as it moves off course \u2026 and then the levees breach, the flooding starts, temperatures inside the hospital soar with no AC, the National Guard is called in, there\u2019s infighting at Memorial over patient care and, eventually it leads to those 45 abandoned bodies abandoned in the hospital chapel and suspicions of euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>What I really like about \u201cFive Days at Memorial\u201d is that you almost feel like you\u2019re in the eye of the hurricane, both literally and figuratively. The top-notch special effects are alarmingly realistic and frightening, particularly when the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neworleanshistorical.org\/items\/show\/275\">17th St. Canal levee breaches<\/a> and when Katrina rips the roof from the Superdome, where in the days following the hurricane thousands of people decamped after their homes were destroyed looking for refuge \u2014 only to find a new fresh hell awaiting them. Authentic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> footage from the time fills in the blanks on what\u2019s happening outside the hospital: looting, Katrina destroying everything in its wake, (homes, cars, building, etc.), people crouched on rooftops pleading to be saved, abandoned neighborhoods, politics, pets unable to be saved \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive Days at Memorial\u201d was originally slated for an installment of FX\u2019s \u201cAmerican Crime Story.\u201d It\u2019s found a worthy home on Apple TV+.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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