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When I look at this photo I think about how drastically different my life would be if I experienced such an event. The picture just shows how the things that we all do on a regular basis can be dramatically changed by…

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This attached word document is a draft of the annual report of Student Hurricane Network activities. It was sent out in an email to the SHN Leadership Comittee on October 3rd, 2006 by Morgan Williams. The text of the…

Rough Draft of SHN…

My Dad grew up in New Orleans and he moved here when he was 18. His family stayed there I went there as a child but barely remember. When I found out that my family had to be relocated from their home it broke my heart,…

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Between a cluster of broken and drowned trees, sits a fairly expensive looking boat. A fallen telephone wire lays in front of it and other various wreckage is scattered everywhere. There\'s no water in sight, but it is…

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Hurricane Katrina has just swept through the Gulf Coast, and here on the beach is an abandoned ship left on the sand. Nonetheless there is still one important thing left standing on the bow of the ship, the American…

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Even though it has been a year since Hurricane Katrina, life still is not the same. Streetlights and electricity are still not operating in parts of the city. Rescue boats and abandoned houses dwindle on the sides of the…

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Reading all the stories of survivors in the magazines made me realize how strong these people actually are. I admire each and every person involved with the hurricane for their courage.

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In \"Six Months Since Hurricane Katrina\" Mary takes us back to New Orleans to pick up the pieces and figure out what to do next. \r\n\r\nhttp://www.margaretmedia.com/katrina/index.htm

Six Months Since…

This account puts you on a New Orleans overpass for days with hundreds of other stranded evacuees, hot, thirsty, and hungry, with no idea when relief will come. Our companions are thousands of prisoners being moved by…

Surviving Katrina

August 30th, 2006 6:32 am\r\n\r\nPaul at Wizbang has a detailed post about some interesting revelations relating to the levee breaches in New Orleans last Fall (with lots of pictures).\r\nBottom line, according to…

Did Hurricane…