What is Tourcaster?
Tourcaster is a service that provides
downloadable audio tours for your iPod or MP3 player. Each downloaded audio
tour comes with multiple mp3 files and a map for each city or tourist
destination.
HURRICANE KATRINA AUDIO TOUR DISC 1 AND 2
New Orleans, United States
Hurricane Katrina Self-Guided Tour: witness devastation and progress and learn her lessons for all of us.
You’ll hear and learn about:
- The 5 major levee breaches.
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- A detailed timeline of events as they happened.
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- How to read and intrepret the markings on the buildings left by first responders.
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- The factors that contributed to the levee system failure.
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- The role of the wetlands in hurricane protection.
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- A profile of some of the people and neighborhoods most profoundly affected by the flooding: the upper and lower 9th Wards, Gentilly Woods, Ponchartrain Park, and Lakeview.
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- Restoration projects and recovery efforts including the Musicians' Village brain child of Harry Connick, Jr., Branford and Ellis Marsalis in partnership with Habitat and Brad Pitts Global Green Project
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- What you can do to help.
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Hurricane Katrina: Devastation and Progress and Her Lessons for Us All, is designed for visitors to New Orleans who want to witness the effects of the nations most damaging natural and man-made disaster as well as the rebuilding efforts. It covers about 50 miles in three to four hours; listeners can also choose one- and two-hour options, returning to complete the tour at a more convenient time. In addition to tour directions, the CD contains narrative information explaining levees and why they failed, maps, photos, New Orleans history, stories behind the differing neighborhoods, the science underlying coastal erosion and restoration, and tales of heroism and help. A portion of the proceeds from each CD sale will go to benefit organizations that are working to rebuild New Orleans.
