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Sunday, October 30, 2005\r\nSurviving Rita: The Party \r\n\r\n\r\n Thirty-seven days ago, we had a visitor here on Saratoga Circle. Rita blustered into town on short notice like an irksome cousin who doesn\'t live far…

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Thursday, December 15, 2005\r\n\r\n\'Twas the Night Before ... \r\nThis came from my Beaumont neighbor, Denise Owen.\r\n\r\n Up on the housetop ... ?\r\n\r\nThe Night Before Christmas\r\nOur Town, 2005 \r\n\r\nTis the…

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My Katrina Story actually begins on Saturday, August 28th. By sunrise I was already headed for Lafayette. The catch is that I was not evacuating. \r\n \r\nUnaware of the increasing likelihood that that the storm…

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My Katrina Story actually begins on Saturday, August 28th. By sunrise I was already headed for Lafayette. The catch is that I was not evacuating. \r\n \r\nUnaware of the increasing likelihood that that the storm…

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\r\n\r\n\"Adrift\"\r\nBy Fran Simon\r\nSeptember 2005\r\n\r\n I am homeless now, swept out of New Orleans by a rising tide of desperation and violence in the city that was my home for more than 25 years. I ride the…

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I evacuated with my finace, Shawn Duhon, my dad Ken Augenstein, aunt Helen Poulter, Linda Venable, Uncle Keith Venable, Uncle Erwin Poulter and my dad\'s girl friend Patty. We stayed in the town that I was raised in Dry…

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December 30, 2005\r\n\r\nTo the Editor:\r\n \r\nI was inspired to compile a recap of 2005. It seems difficult to remember prior to August 29, 2005, for that is the day my world changed forever. Katrina took my friends,…

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I am an artist who is just finishing an MFA in Visual Arts and had begun writing my thesis or \"Process Paper\" when Katrina struck. Our home in Lafayatte began to fill up with evacuees from New Orleans, when,…

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On the Monday before Hurricane Rita hit SE Texas, I was discussing with a friend the proability of it actually hitting here. Having grown up on the Gulf Coast, the possibility is always there. However, odds are low that…

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This is a log I kept on a laptop from day to day through the storm and after ...\r\n\r\n THE KATRINA LOG\r\n\r\nSunday, August 28, 2005\r\n\r\n All day Riveted to the TV watching the Weather Channel. They are…

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