Kathleen Blanco is the only woman to be elected governor of Louisiana, and was at the helm whenHurricane Katrinalaid waste to the Gulf Coast. She admits that the challenges of the storm were too much for state and local governments to handle.
Click hear to listen to Blanco's account of what went wrong during Hurricane Katrina.
Although the challenges were overwhelming, Blanco witnessed a lot of heroism and felt that most people were sympathetic to the tragedyLouisianansendured. One of the high points of her Katrina experience was being able to reunite a mother with her son.
Blanco did not seek reelection in 2007 and was succeeded by BobbyJindal. This interview was conducted by Mark Cave for the Historic New Orleans Collection.
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