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This is from my niece, who was 9 years old at the time. She and the rest of my family…

Handwritten child's letter on Hello Kitty stationery describing a hurricane, paired with a crayon and marker drawing of a swirling storm, palm trees, and a colorful sun.

This is from my niece, who was 9 years old at the time. She and the rest of my family stayed in St. Tammany Parish for hurricane Katrina. The tree is what she saw outside the front window. Her letter explains the rest as she wrote it during the storm.

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Item 40907

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“This is from my niece, who was 9 years old at the time. She and the rest of my family…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/40907.

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