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me and my family did not leave.but for us to see people die and people hurt.i felt like i needed ton die.i never want like that to happen again to anyone.NO ONE NEEDS TO GO THOUGHT THAT!!!!liittle baby dieing all over…

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Rebuild around Colleges\r\nBy Dr. Andre Perry, Contributing Columnist, Louisiana Weekly, December 12, 2005 \r\n\r\nFormer Presidents Bush and Clinton came to the University of New Orleans campus on Wednesday, December…

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Students in Dr. Madelon Powers\' Researching New Orleans History Course recorded and transcribed short interviews regarding the effect of Katrina on New Orleans residents.

Chatelain, interview…

I had just moved to Lacombe from Metairie and thought that it would be safe there. My daughter, Cherie who has Lupus and is a dialysis patient, stayed with me. My other daughter, Nicolle, had evacuated from Meraux with…

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In the immediate post-Katrina period, our Baton Rouge location just off I-10 was like being perched on the edge of an abyss. We watched our battery-powered TV and listened to the radio with increasing disbelief and…

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Three letters I wrote to New Orleans after the storm.\r\n\r\n8-31-05\r\n\r\nMy Love,\r\n\r\nYou are the first safe place that I have known. Seems strange to say considering your reputation. When we first met, I was…

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Hurricane Katrina Survivor\'s pendant created by John Doherty of Denver, CO via Slidell, LA.\r\nAdditional information is available at: www.johndiron.com

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Update on Katrina-impacted life events---November 19, 2007\r\n\r\nAs Katrina advanced across the Gulf, my Navy pilot son called frantically again and again from Kuwait. I reassured him that we were not staying, and that…

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It was the day before Katrina and my family and I were still debating whether to leave or stay for Katrina. It was when we got a phone call from my brother Ivan who was telling us to leave because it was going to be a…

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I was medically unfit to travel prior to the storm and could not take the long ride out of town. We secured the outside items and house, rode out the storm. I nor my sister, had ever been in a hurricane before and my…

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