I didn’t watch this show for years because I didn’t think I could handle it.

After more than two decades, I’m still angry about how we chose to treat our fellow Americans post-Katrina and about George W. Bush’s utter incompetence. However, even in the first episode it’s a good look at the lack of preparedness at all levels, and how none of the interlocked systems of our society really had any plan for a disaster of that nature.

And it’s very human. I recommend it, though it is fraught with recapitulation of the pain of a very bad time in American history.