Hurricane Katrina Archives

Were Inmates Abandoned at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane Katrina? Inmates at Orleans Parish Prison reported that they spent several days in flooded cells without...

Mixture

Is the Trump Administration Price Gouging Puerto Rico Evacuees and Seizing Passports? The Trump administration did not implement a Department of State policy that was widely rumored...

False

Did Physicist Michio Kaku Say HAARP Caused Irma and Harvey? A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about...

False

Hurricane Irma Rumor FAQ Hurricane Irma has prompted the showering of social media with rumors, astonishing photographs, and other...

Mixture

Did Mexican Troops Aid the U.S. After Hurricane Katrina? As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, so too did a rumor that Mexico sent...

True

Were Hurricane Katrina ‘Looting’ Photographs Captioned Differently Based on Race? News photographs alternately described subjects of different races as 'looting' or 'finding' supplies in the...

True

Blame Blanco Did Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco decline a request to declare an emergency?

Donkey Deaths Are more people killed by donkeys every year than in airplane crashes?

Blonde Extinction Are natural blondes likely to be extinct within 200 years?

Did a Disaster Survivor Give This Answer When Asked About Church Closures? Urban legends and jokes are often used as vehicles to pass along negative perceptions about...

False

Satellite View Does a photograph show a satellite view of the Hurricane Katrina?

Condoleezza Rice Shops for Shoes Did Condoleezza Rice shop for expensive shoes during Hurricane Katrina?