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After I had finished my high-school, I moved to the U.S. when I was 17.The purpose of my travel was education, so I had learned about UNO and moved to New Orleans just two months before Katrina. It was my first time…

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What did I do, when a hurricane was heading right for my city.Well I never evacuated for a hurricane before, and didn\'t want to for that one.The storm they named katrina and she was big and going to be mean. The news…

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On August 29, 2005, one of the world\'s most natural disasters hit the Gulf Coast region. Many residents were able to leave before the storm sat in, but unfortunately many were not. My family was one of the many…

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more help could have came for those people

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My family and I were home when the storm hit, twelve trees down in the yard, thank God none hit the house. Katrina showed me how fortunate I am to have a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and food in the kitchen. …

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I remember the very first time I actually realized what had happened down in New Orleans. I had heard that there was a hurricane down there but didn\'t think too much about it, \"hurricanes happen all the time\". And my…

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In the month leading up to the 2006 mayoral election Ray Nagin visited every high school in the city. Pasted below is the transcript of his speech at Math and Science Charter High School. After the speech\'s transcript…

Transcript of Mayor…

In the month leading up to the 2006 mayoral election Ray Nagin visited every high school in the city. After he spoke to the students at Math and Science High School he answered some more questions from the teacher\'s at…

Audio of New Orleans…

Although i have never been in a disaster of this kind I have had family that has gone through this dreadful situations. When hurricane katrina happened i was actually working for payless shoes source, but in northern va,…

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Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf shore, I began my freshman year at George Mason University. That year I lived on the Living Learning Community for the School of Management. Students that live on a…

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