This is only funny from a certain point of view. Someone in St. Bernard parish told us, "Well at least the top of your car... [Read more]

Most of us did not expect the life change brought on by hurricane Katrina. I know that I had no idea what would happen. The Saturday before Katrina hit, I woke up late as usual. Mornings are not my specialty! When I woke... [view]

The impact of Katrina is too huge to absorb, but also this mother's private nightmare. I waited in terror in Pittsburgh as the hurricane hit New Orleans. My son weathered the storm in a third floor apartment in the French... [view]

The Galleria Office Building after the storm [Read more]

Ryan Garrity New Orleans, 2005 The Band Plays On To be perfectly honest and believe it or not, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write this personal essay about. I am also enrolled in Dr.... [view]

Ryan Garrity New Orleans, 2005 My Katrina Experience My Katrina Story begins pretty much like everyone else’s. The Friday before the storm, I went to work at UNO like I did every other Friday. My first class ant 10:00... [view]

This is the debris at a friends house right off of Fleur Di Lis and Veterans. [Read more]

A friend of mine took this picture in St. Bernard. [Read more]

This article, published in the pediatric cardiology journal Congenital Cardiology Today, was written by two pediatric cardiologists who, with their... [view]

When I first heard about Hurricane Katrina I thought nothing of it, to me to was just another of the many hurricanes that my brother told me about. That was our routine, whenever there was a hurricane threatening the east... [view]

This is a picture of the Chalmette National Cemetary where fallen war heroes have been buried since the Revolutionary War. [Read more]

My story begins on the mountain I use to know as my life. Tall and strong, I feel as if nothing can touch my happiness. I just started my senior year at the University of New Orleans. I have the perfect job as a research... [view]