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I was watching Hurricane Katrina on the news a few days before it hit. The weather man said that the cold front would probably push it away from us. The next thing you know the weather man is telling everyone to leave…

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My name is Christy Danna and I have a husband and one 10 year old boy. We evacuated from Harahan, LA one day before Hurricane Katrina to a motel in Sulphur, LA expecting like everyone else to come back in a few days with…

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My husband and I have never left for a storm, and thought we never would. As Katrina approached and became stronger, we decided that it would be best for us to leave considering we have two small children. As I woke up…

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On August 28, 2005 my family and I decided that it would best if we left. We thought it was not worth the risk. Boy, we were right! There is no where to stay from here to Texas, so we slept at a rest area, in our car.…

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Hi everyone.\r\nIt has been four months since Katrina. It was something out of this world. The Saturday before the storm my son, daughter and grandchildren were on our way to Mississippi to do some shopping. Believe…

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New Orleans: I remember thinking I need to get my car out, the only insurence I had on it was liablity. So I left Saturday before the storm. When Katrina hit, my dad\'s car was parked where mine had been and a tree fell…

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I was at home. I heard & saw news on TV. It very much affected my life. But I couldn\'t do anything. I tried to keep myself strong & work with new days.

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Poetry Blog Supports Those Affected By Hurricane Katrina \r\n\r\nSeptember 13th, 2005 \r\n \r\n\r\nNot very often does an event of national impact generate a cauldron of shock, sadness, outrage, support, heroism and…

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Is This My Country? \r\n\r\n~\r\n\r\nCity of my joy, city of my dreams\r\nUnder water and forgotten \r\nCorpses floating by\r\nBabies dying \r\nYoung and old blacks, old whites\r\n\r\nThat could be my grandmother\r\nDead…

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Is This My Country? \r\n\r\n~\r\n\r\nCity of my joy, city of my dreams\r\nUnder water and forgotten \r\nCorpses floating by\r\nBabies dying \r\nYoung and old blacks, old whites\r\n\r\nThat could be my grandmother\r\nDead…

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