sheri fink, what is the timeline of your book? what are you talking about? casco i'm talking about this fire days in 2005 when the levees failed in new orleans after hurricane katrina and water just round one of america's most beloved kitties. looking specifically about what happened after those five days at the hospital. memorial medical center was one of those scary long-standing community hospitals that have been built in 1926. it was the place people went for storms. the staff would go there even if they didn't have to work. they brought along their pets sometimes because of coors you need somewhere for the past. they brought family members and they sometimes even to a coup d'État may not be safe at home. this is a place everyone thought was safe in the storm. >> host: so they would ride out hurricane's? >> guest: yes. what happened was that this has several vulnerabilities that i've since learned many american hospitals do. one of them was that element of the electrical power system. so when the waters dirtied approach in the hospital, they knew they ha

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