Besides those who lost loved ones, Katrina can be taken as a push to something better. Yes, it was horrible to lose all our photos and records, but everything else was just material. A great many had the opportunity to start... [view]

Now, and even shortly after Katrina, I try not to think about it. And, actually, besides the annoying news specials that come on TV every August, I never do. Sitting around thinking about Katrina and what happened and how we... [view]

My Katrina story is just like most people I know. I departed my house on August 28,2005 in my brother's car with a bag that contained three shirts, three pair of pants, a few undergarments, toothpaste, toothbrush, one comb,... [view]

This is not my dog. This is my mother's best friend's dog. Her house was flooded with over 6 feet of water while my house, on... [Read more]

I just moved to New Orleans three weeks ago from California. I am going to school at University of New Orleans for a one-semester exchange. I have no family or friend ties to Katrina, but I feel obligated to become involved... [view]

I left for Hurricane Katrina 2 days before it hit on the 29th. I was very nervous for this hurricane more than I have ever been. I think I had an intuition that it wouldnt end up good. I left work early on the 27th to pack up... [view]

I was living in New Orleans East when Hurricane Katrina hit. My family had evacuated to Columbus, Georgia. We stayed in a hotel for 2 weeks and watched as our house became underwater. This was so hard on us to watch an... [view]

This picture is of Mr. Al & Mary Polite's home during the dedication ceremony. The home is on Orleans Ave. and was a joint... [Read more]

Half of my bedroom ceiling collapsed. [Read more]

Damage to my roof from Katrina [Read more]

For hurricane Katrina my family and I evacuated at the last minute with our next door neighbors and their family, who we are very close friends with. We did not have any idea where we were going. We had just spent the... [view]

My Katrina story is a little different than most of the stories collected on this site. I'm a native of Savannah, Georgia and I was living there during the storm. At the time I was living with my girlfriend and she had an... [view]