I remember hearing about Hurricane Katrina two days before it actually hit. I had no idea there was even a Hurricane out there. It all happened so fast. The day we evacuated to Memphis my mom told my step dad, brother, and... [view]

When hurricane Katrina gets brought up, I think about my experience evacuating. A week prior to the storm my dad underwent quadruple bypass surgery and was still supposed to be recovering when the storm hit, but was instead... [view]

I was living in Larose, Louisiana at the time Hurricane Katrina was on her way to Louisiana. My mother, brother, and I evacuated with family to New Iberia, and my father stayed in Larose with my grandparents. My... [view]

Huricane Katrina displaced many people on August 25, 2005. Many of those people are still in other parts of the country. Many families were split apart and the question of whether they will be reunited for good still lingers.... [view]

When I think about Hurricane Katrina, I will forever think about the kindness of other people in times of need. We were in Houston, Texas and when we realized we would be gone alot longer than just 3 or 4 days, my mother... [view]

What happened to the older people in the city? My grandparents who lived by Baptist hospital when the storm came through could tell you the answer to that question. In the days after the storm, as my grandpa would tell me,... [view]

This was truly something that I still have trouble grasping the magnitude of what actually happened in the aftermath of the hurricane. I still remember the smells of pitching trash and filth out of our house, our refrigerator... [view]

I live in South Louisiana, however I was not devastated by the hurricanes. I received moderate damage; flooded yards, fallen trees, broken roofs, etc.. My connection to the devastated areas is the relief effort for the... [view]

I was on the Northshore during Katrina. My family had originally planned on evacuating, but my grandparents who lived nearby refused to leave so we stayed with them throughout the storm and the weeks following. There were a... [view]

During the Katrina Memorial's I watched several documentaries and programs. I've noticed each year rawer and heart wrenching footage is shown. I guess their reasons are that enough time has passed and people are now... [view]

My Katrina in New York City When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was living in a loft in New York City with all of my friends from college. I wasn't from New York, none of us were. We were all from New Orleans (or the outskirts... [view]

Hurricane Katrina as we know has been one of the worst natural disasters to hit the costal region of the United States, but the most devastating to hit New Orleans. I was born and raised in New Orleans,the city where dreams... [view]