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[shixoss @shixoss]

Don't give it away. And for damn sure, don't sell it. #getyours #crownboughtandpaid #repeatedly https://t.co/9Oqeb2h85e

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@Inspirenaire @SouthernU_BR @SU_HumanJukebox 🩵💛 #JagsForLife

[AUBRY KILLION @AubryKWDSU]

#SHARE I know today is hard. So, I want to share some amazing video of Mardi Gras after Katrina!

[Nikki Fowler @NikkiFowler28]

Spike Lee has long been one of America’s most incisive visual historians, and with #Netflix ‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’ he returns to the documentary form that made his ‘When the Levees Broke’ an indelible chronicle of human loss and government failure joining directors Geeta Gandbhir and Samantha Knowles. This new series feels less like a retelling and more like a reckoning. Where many projects about Hurricane #Katrina fixate on the storm itself, this project insists on centering the people — their testimonies, their rage, their resilience.

Terence Blanchard’s score works as a haunting second narrator. His compositions thread together moments of unbearable grief and fragile triumph, balancing aching melodies with silences that feel as heavy as floodwater. It’s music that mourns but also insists that memory has a pulse.

The use of never-before-seen footage is startling, not for its spectacle but for its intimacy. Viewers see families trapped, neighborhoods drowned, and then — crucially — the aftermath: the slow abandonment of a culture that had once been one of the most vibrant in America. Every frame reminds us that this was not just a natural disaster but a moral one, where hours mattered and lives were left waiting.

This series refuses sentimentality and instead creates space for raw first-person accounts — voices that still crack when recalling the smell, the waterline, the silence after help never came. The series becomes a canvas of grief and survival, painted by those who lived it. In their words, you hear not just memory but indictment: a country that allowed its own citizens to drown in neglect.

Two decades on, the storm still rages in their voices. That’s the point. #katrinacomehellandhighwater is not simply about looking back; it’s about recognizing that the wounds remain open. One can say this is essential viewing, not because it is flawless, but because it is urgent. Lee, Gandbhir, Knowles, Blanchard + more, have created not just a docuseries, but an elegy for a culture nearly washed away — and a demand that we remember the cost of forgetting.

[shixoss @shixoss]

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[Sheba Turk @ShebaTurk]

As a New Orleans girl, who no longer lives there, I must admit I was grateful to not have to spend the day talking about Hurricane Katrina

I know we have to remember …but I don’t want to remember (and I know I’m not the only one). There’s nothing to remember but sadness and what was because things were never the same

This is 16 year old me living in Katy, Tx for the year after the storm and as someone who usually smiles through pain, I kind of love all of the pics capturing my misery that year.

My dogs was killed…everything I owned was gone… we searched for missing relatives for month… watching relatives break down with the realization that our city was destroyed…the media I now work in called us refugees!

There were people who had it so much worse- losing their lives, swimming in that water, being trapped in their attics

I have been blessed to travel the world and it has shown me there is no place in the world like New Orleans. I will always be proud to be from New Orleans and I’m proud of how it has fought for its existence and authenticity

But I will always be sad for all of the trauma we have endured and carry in our bodies

Love you always New Orleans 🖤
We’ll never forget but also maybe it’s ok to not remember too hard

[Sheba Turk @ShebaTurk]

As a New Orleans girl, who no longer lives there, I must admit I was grateful to not have to spend the day talking about Hurricane Katrina

I know we have to remember …but I don’t want to remember (and I know I’m not the only one). There’s nothing to remember but sadness and what was because things were never the same

This is 16 year old me living in Katy, Tx for the year after the storm and as someone who usually smiles through pain, I kind of love all of the pics capturing my misery that year.

My dogs was killed…everything I owned was gone… we searched for missing relatives for month… watching relatives break down with the realization that our city was destroyed…the media I now work in called us refugees!

There were people who had it so much worse- losing their lives, swimming in that water, being trapped in their attics

I have been blessed to travel the world and it has shown me there is no place in the world like New Orleans. I will always be proud to be from New Orleans and I’m proud of how it has fought for its existence and authenticity

But I will always be sad for all of the trauma we have endured and carry in our bodies

Love you always New Orleans 🖤
We’ll never forget but also maybe it’s ok to not remember too hard

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

Twenty years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans. At approximately 5:00 AM, the levees broke, flooding 80% of our city. As a result, an estimated 1400 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands lost their homes. Over half of the victims were Black.

[ColorOfChange @ColorOfChange]

Today, we acknowledge and remember Hurricane Katrina, the Category 5 storm that resulted in over a thousand deaths, billions in damages, and the displacement of over 1 million people. 20 years later, this event still echoes today. We mourn the loss of Black life. 🖤

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

20 years after Katrina stole 1,800 lives, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré is sounding the alarm: FEMA cuts could leave vulnerable communities unprotected. We must not forget the lessons of Katrina — lives are at stake.

[NAACP @NAACP]

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, claiming 1,700+ lives and displacing over a million people.

This tragedy laid bare harsh truths about our nation’s vulnerabilities and inequities and revealed just how quickly entire communities can be abandoned when they need help the most.

Today, we honor those we lost and the survivors by recommitting to a future where no one is left behind in the face of climate disasters. #Katrina20

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"The last time I checked, Meghan [Markle]  is not dropping bombs on people, she's not annexing nations, she's not a paedophile. Yet there's way more coverage...directing hate towards her than people that are really hurting people."

Photographer and activist Misan Harriman tells @krishgm on the latest episode of the Ways to Change the World podcast.

[Ryan Clark @Realrclark25]

I’m not sure what black woman experience @andrewschulz has had, but it hasn’t been the real “black girlfriend effect”. To insult black women and described them as complainers & abusive isn’t just untrue. It’s disrespectful. Even worse, James Duncan & Fuhad Dawodu allowing him to say it is more insulting.

Andrew Schultz spoke that way in front of two black men because they allowed him to. They made him comfortable enough to disrespect black women because they didn’t force him to respect them.

My experience is that black women are powerful, beautiful, strong, and supportive. They prioritize black family, community, & culture. They take steps back to push their men, and families forward. So, no Andrew the “black girlfriend effect” is nothing like what you described. I’m just upset that you don’t have enough solid black men around you to tell you differently!

[NurseDee @NurseDee3]

Philly y’all have 24hrs to respond❕New Orleans rolled Frankie out right… on a Monday… R.I.H King🕊️🙏🏽

[Jeffrey Wright 🥜 @jfreewright]

Isaac Asimov - 44 years ago. Never gets old, it seems.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
https://t.co/n4WpEWOM93

[Michael Graham @MG_Audits]

My people… ❤️❤️❤️

[shixoss @shixoss]

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[Drew Dixon @deardrewdixon]

Rico Wade was a genius and a gentleman. In 1993 I called LaFace to ask about the OutKast snippet on their Xmas sampler. I found out Rico was in NYC to master the SouthernPlayalistic album, which he played for me at the Hit Factory. He was kind and truly brilliant. What a loss. 💔

[Agolf Twitler Slayer @slayer_agolf]

What I am learning today is the standards are much higher to be a Fulton County DA than they are for running for President of the United States!

#TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal

[Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson]

Reparations isn’t only about economic compensation; it’s also about psychological and emotional reconciliation. #Marianne2024

[shixoss @shixoss]

@DiggsWayne 🫶🏽

[shixoss @shixoss]

@DiggsWayne Oh no! I racked up. Sorry 😕