Disasters Engineered Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane Katrina (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary

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Disasters Engineered

Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane Katrina (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV Episode | Documentary

Experts examine how engineering faults allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. How could they have been avoided?

Directors

Sam Cryer | Daniel Sharp

Producers

Sam Cryer | Daniel Sharp

Composers

Oliver Mayo (music) | Adam Skinner (music) | Dan Skinner (music) | Mark Summerell (music)

Editor

Farrah Drabu

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 20, 2019

Release date

Nov 20, 2019 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Kate Bellingham Self - Engineer and Broadcaster Self - Engineer and Broadcaster See fewer	Museum of Life (2010)
Michael Hecht Self - President & CEO Greater New Orleans Inc Self - President & CEO Greater New Orleans Inc See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Al Johnson Self - Survivor of Hurricane Katrina (as Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson) Self - Survivor of Hurricane Katrina (as Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson) See fewer	Treme (2010)
Kristen Macaskill Self - Department of Engineering, University Of Cambridge (as Dr. Kristen Macaskill) Self - Department of Engineering, University Of Cambridge (as Dr. Kristen Macaskill) See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Christian Malaga-Chuquitaype Self - Associate Professor in Structures, Imperial Cellege, London (as Dr. Christian Malaga-Chuquitaype) Self - Associate Professor in Structures, Imperial Cellege, London (as Dr. Christian Malaga-Chuquitaype) See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Ayanda Navarre Self - Survivor of Hurricane Katrina Self - Survivor of Hurricane Katrina See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Marguerite Oestreicher Self - Chief Advancement Officer, New Orleans Area, Habitat for Humanity Self - Chief Advancement Officer, New Orleans Area, Habitat for Humanity See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Sandy Rosenthal Self - Founder Self - Founder See fewer	Paul dans tous ses états (2023)
Mark Schleifstein Self - Environmental Reporter, The Times-Picayune, The New Orleans Advocate Self - Environmental Reporter, The Times-Picayune, The New Orleans Advocate See fewer	Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025)
Charley Speed Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Ahmer Wadee Self - Professor of Non Linear Mechanics, Imperial Cellege, London Self - Professor of Non Linear Mechanics, Imperial Cellege, London See fewer	Disasters Engineered (2019)
Adolf Hitler Self - Fuhrer (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Fuhrer (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Leon Moisseiff Self - Suspension Bridge Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Suspension Bridge Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - US President (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - US President (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)