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I lived on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain during Katrina. We were among those that decided not to evacuate. We had a full house for the next few weeks, among them my two brothers, my mom, grandma and my 95 year…

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When I was younger a hurricane meant I was going to be able to stay home a couple days, sleep in late, maybe hang out with some friends until the bad weather passed..that is until Hurricane Katrina. When I first heard…

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When I heard the news that a massive hurricane was barrelling down on Louisiana on the day of Saturday, August 27, 2005, I immediately left work and headed home in order to make evacuation plans with my girlfriend (who…

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I was living in Thibodaux at the time Katrina hit. We evacuated to Lafayette but came home only two days after the storm hit. We were without electricity for a few days maybe a week.But once we had the electricity back…

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I was living on the North Shore during Hurricane Katrina with my mother, but still spent a lot of time in my hometown of Gulfport, MS with my father. I was fortunate enough to have both of my homes spared, and my life…

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I lived in Covington during Katrina. I was 16 years old and a junior at Covington High. During the storm I stayed in my dad\'s office in Northpark with my dad and two brothers. My mom stayed in St. Tammany Hospital with…

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I was a sophmore at Mount Carmel Academy when the hurricane hit New Orleans. We had only been in school for a week and my birthday was a few days before. No one took the warning of Hurricane Katrina as seriously as we…

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My boyfriend and I were living in our first apartment together, off houma on the south side of the interstate. We had only gotten a few inches of water and were able to salvage most of our belongings about 2 weeks after…

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When we heard about the storm my parents, grandfather, sister, aunt uncle and myself left like most people in the city. we stayed at a hotel in Huston texas because my dad and uncle had reserved rooms at the hotel from…

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We first evacuated to Birmingham Alabama. Then we stayed there for a couple of days and then went all the way to Houtson Texas for about a week. The hardest part about leaving was leaving my dad in New Orleans because…

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