It was my eigth grade year when Hurricane Katrina struck, and i was going to go see the Whell of Fortune live in New Orleans. Of course that did not happen. With the news channels telling people to leave, the studio decided... [view]

I was in eighth grade when Katrina hit. My family lives in Lacombe, Louisiana and we had evacuated to Tennessee. The storm was so bad that it had effected our hotel and the electricity had went out. I remember returning back... [view]

I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. I'm lucky my dad even left because if he would have stayed I would have lost him. I live in New Orleans East and my house took on 7 1/2 feet of water. Before Katrina ever even hit I... [view]

My grandmother's house in Metairie only had two feet of water, but it was still enough to destroy everything. [Read more]

My Aunt and her family at first went to the Hyatt Hotel instead of evacuating. While they were there they took care of this old couple whose family left them there. When they did evacuate they ended up in Batesville,... [view]

My family and I were displaced in Baton Rouge for 3 and a half weeks. Driving back and forth from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, we experienced and witnessed many hardships along the way. People throughout the city were helping... [view]

The bookshelf in the hallway of my house had completely disintegrated and all of the books were left, scattered and covered... [Read more]

This once lively and attractive theme park now lies in ruins since the storm. Being vandalized and rotting day by day. [Read more]

My family stayed for the Hurricane. We lived on the Northshore at the time, so evacuation was not mandatory. Watching and waiting became the two things that I had to do. My family and I were not harmed, although we had four... [view]

Like many others my family and I decided to evacuate the Sunday before Katrina hit my home parish of St. Bernard. Watching from the news, everything seemed so surreal to me. I didn't believe it when everyone said everything... [view]

i was affected and i lost my house in hurricane katrina [view]

My name is Graeme I am from the westbank of nola. My mother and father and I evacuated when Mr.Nagin announced how the hurricane was going to come up the mouth of the river. This is what learned about in like hight school... [view]