I live in uptown New Orleans, Broadmoor neighborhood. I stayed in town for the storm at at the Lowe's hotel. The second day after Katrina, when the public was allowed on the street, my neice and I got into her car and came... [view]

"The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the soul's very life." - John Updike; "Assorted Prose"; 1965 So I've just lived through the most devastating disaster to hit the U.S. ever... [view]

About me: Gender: Male Age: 27 (DOB: 4/18/80) Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino Political Affiliation: Democrat Education: B.S. in Education History/Social Studies; Master of Library and Information Science (degree... [view]

Luci Baines Johnson I first met Luci in 2001. I didn't so much meet Luci as encounter her. I was on a marathon swing through Texas for Cornell, Austin, San Antonio, Waco, Dallas, back to Austin all in one week. There... [view]

My name is Helene Marie Thian. I do not wish to remain invisible, and so I write. I am now, in 2008, visible, a survivor, but still, and may always be, in psychic shock due to the levee breaks in 2005 which destroyed such... [view]

February 2008 marks my second trip to do Hurricane Katrina relief with Emory & Henry College. My first trip in March 2007 was a great learning experience for me, as I was placed first-hand into the destruction still left over... [view]

Floating - 100 Miles Off the Shore Biloxi, Mississippi is my home town, but I was actually stationed in Norfolk, Virginia the day the storm came through. With my dad stationed in Italy and my brothers living in... [view]

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