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I am a First Responder a member of a Task Force of eighty-three people that came from San Diego California. I kept a journal from our deployment until our return twenty-eight days later; An experience that has changed my…

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i just wont to say that i am sorry for the people that the harricane as hit

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After a terrible disaster, generous people around the world decided to help the victims that lost everything from their homes to their jobs. These generous people mean so much to the victims because for the things they…

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See me\r\nI am naked\r\nto the world today\r\nAs all\r\nhas been stripped away\r\nWithin hours\r\nmy life is gone\r\nI need the strength\r\nto carry on\r\n\r\nHear me\r\nAs I cry out loud\r\nOne in hundreds\r\nof this…

Hurricane Zone

Sometimes I cry when I think of home\r\nWondering why everything\'s all gone\r\n\r\nSometimes I cry because some people died\r\nTrying to escape from the rising tide\r\n\r\nSometimes I cry when babies had no food\r\nThe…

Sometimes I Cry

The storm came\r\nwith a name\r\nand a premonition\r\nbut we didn\'t listen, right away\r\ncat 4, cat 5\r\nKat--rina\r\n\r\nAnd we ran so hard and fast\r\nthat our gas tanks, if not our lungs\r\nwere gasping\r\n\r\nAnd…

My City Was Gone

Realizing your home and belongings\r\nWere destroyed before your eyes\r\nEnduring unwarranted hardships\r\nWhile establishing community ties\r\n\r\nSupporting one another\r\nStrangers continue to lend a helping…

Resiliency After The…

by Hurricane Survivor, New Orleans, Louisiana\r\n\r\nWho tried to steal this city of mine\r\nHurricane Katrina.....A moment in time\r\n\r\nWhy did this happen to a city so unique\r\nWe can point to and blame the…

Katrina...A Moment…

Beginning of a new tomorrow\r\nIs everyone\'s dream\r\nRebirth of a city\r\nTorn apart at the seams\r\nHope shines in the dawning of New Orleans

Birth Of A City

\r\n\"Shoot into the sky, burn the city to the ground\" - Anon. N.O.\r\n\r\nWhen the rains came, and the walls collapsed under\r\nthe lash of some furious tongue of hurricane song\r\nWe were left clinging to rooftops,…

The Deluge Of New…