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As a person who has grown up on the Southeastern Louisiana coast it is a fact that I have seen my fair share of hurricanes in my twenty-one years of life. I can say I seen it all when it comes to the damage and…

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My father is a Jefferson Parish Fire Fighter and the worst feeling I\'ve ever felt was having to leave him behind. Hearing the President of the United States say that anyone left behind might be dead was hard to hear at…

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My family was very lucky in that we had minor damages to our house, compared to other people. However, my cousin stayed in Chalmette during the storm and helped rescue people and bring them to the high school gym. Since…

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As I sit and wait in the car with some of my belongings in the backseat and trunk, I see my mother come out of the house. Usually, when we evacuate, she checks the house, locks the door and we get on our way to…

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Before Hurricane Katrina ever hit, my family and I left for Texas. We went online to book a hotel room and we managed to get one, and at the time everything seemed to be fine. When we got to the hotel, they told us that…

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I will likely add more when I have more time, but for now:\r\n\r\nI was a resident of the French Quarter of New Orleans when Katrina hit. I had evacuated to Lafayette. I returned just after Rita hit, and I noted that…

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I remember hearing about the storm merely three days before my family evacuated our westbank home for over three weeks. Three weeks may not seem long to other evacuees but in a house in Houston with twenty other people…

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I\'m Janet Beeching, Aunt of Thomas Henegar. We had problems with Rita when she roared through South Florida. I live in Homestead, Florida, exactly where Hurricane Andrew hit. 22 inces of rain fell on us, and Rita was…

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I knew about this Hurricane coming our way it\'s name was Charlie. Charlie was deadly, It injured over 100 people. Yeah me and my family are like saying \"Yeah, well we have a safe house nothing can hurt us\". Well…

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My mom and I had never evacuated before. So when she woke me up at eight in the morning telling me to \"pack a bag, we\'re leaving,\" I knew something was different. This was my first indication that Katrina was…

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