Hurricane Katrina caused much more damage than the citizens in New Orleans expected. The author, Lauren Tarshis, put so much effort in the details of the book. She says it is sad that no one actually did something to prevent a hurricane. I felt sad too, thinking that countless families had been torn apart by this hurricane. Luckily, in the story it is a happy ending. The author knew after all this, the novel just couldn't be tragical.