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although i was not here during katrina i had family members who were living here at the time. after evacuation they left the city and were relocated in texas. the stayed there for 3 month. there apartment was not damaged…

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I evacuated my elderly parents Saturday morning before the storm hit. We were not going to evacuate until I turned the T.V. on Saturday morning. We went to bed the night before thinking the storm was going to hit…

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My family and I evacuated days before Katrina to avoid traffic jams. We left with just a few amount of clothes because we thought it would be just one of those evacuations that lasted only 2-3 days. I didn\'t think…

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So, here\'s my story. \r\nI was 14 and had just finished my second week of high school when I was uprooted and was forced to leaving everything I knew behind. I took the 16 hour drive to Lufkin, TX where I met up with my…

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I live in chalmette La it was totaled flooded by hurricane Katrina. The thing that affected me most was not the fact that I lost everything I owned. It was the friends in my life that I lost and will never beable to…

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After Hurricane Katrina, My family moved back into or gutted house in November. I remember my family living in a tent, on the hard floor, and no walls around me. It was difficult to look around and remember everything…

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My name is Crystal Bourgeois and my family and I decided to stay home for the storm. The main reason we chose to stay was because I have a handi-cap brother with Muscular Dystrophy and it is difficult to travel with him…

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We almost never left. We were told to take 2 outfits. By the time we got a hotel andand turned on the news it had hit. Our house was covered. We lost every time includeing our dog which we couldn\'t take becasue we…

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As a person who has grown up on the Southeastern Louisiana coast it is a fact that I have seen my fair share of hurricanes in my twenty-one years of life. I can say I seen it all when it comes to the damage and…

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My father is a Jefferson Parish Fire Fighter and the worst feeling I\'ve ever felt was having to leave him behind. Hearing the President of the United States say that anyone left behind might be dead was hard to hear at…

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