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To best understand my Katrina story, one must first have a tiny bit of background story. In July 2005, my mother fell 3 stories and landed on a cement staircase. She suffered multiple fractures from her feet to her skull…

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While in a cramped hotel in Jackson MS, my family and about 50 others crowded around a battery operated TV trying to see what was left of our city. Over and over the news stations broadcasted horrific images of the…

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A day before the storm, I left Plaquemines Parish to head to Franklin, Tn. We have no family there, just a close relative who had close friends in the area. My mother, brother, my pet bird, and I took the trip while my…

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One vivid memory I have is after the storm when my mother and I evacuated to Nashville, she would wake up have her morning coffee and continue on her process of calling FEMA at least 5 times a day. Because the lines were…

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I was actually at a church fair when i recieved the news that we would have to evacuate for hurricane Katrina. My first thoughts were great extended vacation. I thought we would be gone for a few days then return back,…

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I was just starting high school when Katrina hit. I am the oldest in a family of five. When we evacuated it felt like any other Hurricane evacuation; you only packed 3 outfits, put valuables high up just incase it…

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