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I lived a few miles from the industrial canal. My home got 4 feet of water. Me and myt family evacuated to Natchez Mississippi and stayed there for a few months. We later came home in october and stayed with relatives on…

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I was 15 years old when Katrina hit. It was only my second year attending Archbishop Chapelle High School. I remember feeling a mixture of fear and excitement--of course thinking I would be out of town for no more than…

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From as early in life as I can remember, my family and I have spent every Fourth of July and several weekends of the summer at our camp on the meeting place of Lake Catherine and Lake Pontchartrain. It wasn\'t a palace…

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For eight years I lived on the Navy Base in Belle Chasse, LA. Anytime there was a tropical storm coming our way, the base would get ready to evacuate. It was very normal for my family and I to have to leave for a small…

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When hurricane Rita hit the Louisiana coast, I was a sophomore attending Oberlin High School. For those of you who don\'t know, Oberlin is a little town about one hour north of Lake Charles, Louisiana. During that year I…

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I didnt go through Katrina, as I was in Florida but I came afterwards with my chruch youth group on a mission trip. We helped lots of people, and in doing so we all got to see the devestation Katrina had left behind and…

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My family is a large one. Dad, Mom, five kids, and Rambo, our yellow lab.\r\n\r\nAugust 27, 2005, was just another Saturday. My sister, mom, and I were at a ladies\' tea. My brothers and dad were probably chillin\' on…

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My Katrina experience was very eventful. I felt homeless jumping from hotel to hotel from city to city. Having to watch the levees break in New Orleans made me very emotional and wonder if still would have a home. I hope…

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