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Sometimes, when I went out of town, I didn\'t tell my mother. Somehow, after I moved back to New Orleans, having lived elsewhere for 25 years and traveling frequently on business trips, she had the notion that I no…

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My name is Roosevelt Thornton. I lived with my kids, my girlfriend and her kids in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina. I wanted to evacuate, but my girlfriend did not want to, so we stayed and rode out the storm. …

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Prior to Hurricane Katrina, my husband and I could not remember the exact date of our wedding anniversary. Was it the 28th? Maybe the 29th or the 30th. As my husband was in the Navy, it was rare that we were ever…

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I have just returned from my first trip to the Gulf Coast region. I am from the mountains of southwest Virginia and have never personally experienced the effects of a hurricane. I now serve on staff of the Appalachian…

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Christopher Inn is a low cost housing unit for senior citizens run by Catholic Charities. The Friday before the hurricane the staff turned off the gas, advised the residents to evacuate then left. About 50 residents…

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After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Community Bike Project repaired and then distributed throughout New Orleans hundreds of used bikes. \r\n

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I just submitted info about a forum thread on democraticunderground.com that compiles a great deal of information about virtually every aspect of the Katrina disaster. If for any reason the link I provided --…

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During Katrina and for several weeks afterward, I worked with a small group on democraticunderground.com to compile info about the disaster and various efforts in response to it, effectual and not.\r\n\r\nWe compiled…

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When Hurricane Katrina struck I immediately flashed back to my memories of when Hurricane Isabel hit Virginia Beach and inland to Richmond, where I lived at the time. We didn\'t have power for nearly a week and, with…

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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…

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