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This is a song I wrote shortly after Katrina. I arrived here approximately two weeks after Katrina hit and have been here ever since. My music is the majority of the reason I stayed, and the unique culture that supports…

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This is a photo of myself playing music at a church in the Lower 9th Ward. My music is the main reason I stayed in this area after the recovery and relief efforts were no longer needed.

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Hurricane Katrina came through South Florida where I lived at the time as a strong Category Two, killed four people and filled both of my trailers with water. I was at a Red Cross shelter helping with ham radio at the…

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Hurricane Katrina helped many of us appreciate the little things, kind of like recession did for many people. My family had never spent soooo much time together until Katrina. We spent 16 hours in a car on our way to…

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I am from Baton Rouge and although I was affected by Hurricane Katrina indirectly, the people that I have met since the storm have affected my life directly in a huge way. I remember the day like it was yesterday. We…

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I wasn\'t in New Orleans for Katrina, as I\'ve only recently arrivd to the city, but I remember thinking that it was an awful tragedy and after Kanye West\'s comments began thinking that the appalling government response…

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This report describes the conditions of the Gentilly-Lakeview neighborhood four years after the storm. Although both neighborhoods suffered severe flooding, the state of recovery in the two neighborhoods are quite…

Four Years After

a short picture slideshow of the destruction and recovery associated with local church Lakeview Christian Center

Lakeview Christian…

When Katrina hit i was with my mom and we evacuated with her and the rest of her side of the family to brookhaven, mississippi. there was a total of about 20 people in one little house which belonged to one of my mom\'s…

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On the evening of August 28, 2005, my friends and I all planned to attend the high school jamboree as we did every year. That year the jamboree was a part of my birthday plan for the weekend (my birthday was the…

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