Skywatch Public Announcement
From the Editor's desk
Aug 25, 2006
I have once again been invited by Crew Creative Advertising of Los Angeles, an affiliate of the Discovery Channel, to preview the Exclusive Anniversary Special "Surviving Katrina" which is scheduled for telecast on the Discovery Channel this Sunday August 27, 2006.
Included in the special are NEW dramatic documentary profiles, ENDURING stories of survival, and expert analysis of Hurricane Katrina. Skywatch will conduct a review of this documentary and will post an analysis to the Great Red Comet and Earth Frenzy Radio prior to the telecast.
The following is for press release:
(Pasadena, Calif.) – Survivors of one of the nation’s worst natural disasters open up about their experiences in SURVIVING KATRINA, a two-hour special premiering Sunday, August 27 at 9 PM ET/PT on the Discovery Channel. Emergency phone calls, never-before-seen home video from the Superdome, and analysis of the meteorological superpower combined with first-time heart-wrenching interviews and vivid reconstructions will shed new light on the dark days of August 2005 when a hurricane changed America.
Profiles of ordinary Americans who forged ahead through death-filled waters, mass confusion and devastation to save others and unite with loved ones provide a new face to the tragedy one year later. SURVIVING KATRINA covers the perfect storm of nature, science, politics and extreme human experience with a range of stories and interviews from all major aspects of the disaster, including Charity Hospital, the Convention Center and Superdome and with former FEMA director Michael Brown.
Viewers will meet a doctor who, forced to take matters literally into his own hands, performs open chest surgery on a patient without anesthesia and using only a flashlight, and the patient
who lives to thank him; a brother-and-sister team who make a harrowing road trip to rescue loved ones on their own; and a National Guardsman who took on surreal and horrific conditions in the Superdome. Survivors who watched their homes wash away and whose lives changed forever share with viewers the inspiration that kept them going and the unbridled joy they felt when finally reunited with families.
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Science Timeline
Survivor Profiles
SURVIVING KATRINA is produced for Discovery Channel by Brook Lapping Productions.
Dow Chemical is the proud sponsor of Surviving Katrina
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