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Keith Pyburn\r\n1/23/08\r\n\r\n\r\nSelf Destruction\r\n\r\n\r\n My life in the summer before hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana was one filled with effortless happiness. I had just purchased my first house in old Metairie,…

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Elizabeth Ashe Havrilla\r\nJanuary 21, 2008\r\n EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE STORM SURGE\r\n …

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT…

I want to get this all out to everyone (before I\r\nforget details) so please excuse my not writing to\r\neveryone who wrote to me individually.\r\n\r\nCandy and I are back in sweet Mena, Arkansas after a\r\n12 hour…

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In an online course taught at the University of New Orleans during the Fall 2005 post-Katrina semester, one of the discussion board postings included the following question:\r\n\r\nThese are strange times, so some…

Katrina Stench

I was with my family in Mobile, Alabama when Hurricane Katrina hit. We were without electricity for a number of days and I was very worried about my friends in New Orleans. I graduated from Xavier University and still…

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Angels on The Levees\r\nBy Ginni Spencer\r\n \r\n I arrived in New Orleans fifteen months post-Katrina. I was part of a team of fourteen organized through the social ministry arm of my church. Among other things, we…

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For my New Orleans tribe, on our unwanted anniversary: \r\n\r\nSo. It\'s been two years. The memorials and the commemorations and the celebrations are ramping up, and I have to admit, I won\'t be attending any of the…

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I live in Bay St. Louis, MS, pretty close to ground zero for Hurricane Katrina. Originally from New Orleans, my wife Sally and I moved to the Coast in 1991 to live close to her parents. They are retired and had a…

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Students in Dr. Madelon Powers\' Researching New Orleans History course (Fall 2007) recorded and transcribed short interviews regarding the effect of Katrina on New Orleans residents. Attached is the transcription of a…

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This four-minute video documentary short profiles artist Rolland Golden (American, b. 1931) and his series of paintings of New Orleans following Katrina. \r\n\r\nThe program provides a brief overview Golden\'s life and…

Rolland Golden\'s…