My Katrina story begins similarly to every other New Orleaninan. We were contemplating whether or not to actually evacuate the city because it had the makings of every other big Hurricane that was supposed to hit the city. The mayor and the weather people would come on TV speaking as if the entire world was [...]

Should I stay or should I go? Is it going to be as bad as they’re predicting or should I hold out and wait it though? Those are some of many Questions that had to be decided before Katrina hit. My Katrina story is somewhat bittersweet, because even though lots of tragedies [...]

My thoughts on the class so far are better than I thought they would be. One thing I would definitely have to say is thank God the teacher has a sense of humor, or else the class would be really difficult to make it through. I am a Christian and I do attend church usually [...]

Problems facing today’s world
Today’s world is full of problems from terrace to genocide in Africa and poverty. Today’s world is almost a ticking time bomb waiting for the next big event to happen. In my opinion people who join the peace core or hope for world peace are wasting their time on something that will [...]

When I first heard about Hurricane Katrina I was a junior in high school just getting used to what they say is the most important year in my high school career. Being so far away from the scene of the incident would cause you to believe that I had no Idea what was happening but [...]

I must say that my experience is a tragic one. I honestly did not really know that the hurricane was as serious as it was until it was too late. On the day before the hurricane was to reach land, my roommate and I had to move into another dorm. Which left us with no [...]

My Hurricane Story
On August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast I had just become a senior at University High School in Baton Rouge La. Because Hurricane Katrina was hitting so close to Baton Rouge I was not in school, but at home preparing for incase the storm did hit. [...]

I was in San Jose, CA when I heard about the news of Katrina. There were numerous reports saying that Katrina was going to be horrific and that the levies would not stand against the hurricane, yet nothing was done. Although I was not in New Orleans and am not from here, my family is [...]

Ironically, I don’t have a heart wrenching Hurricane Katrina story. I had been a student at Xavier since the beginning of my college career and the summer of the hurricane I decided to take summer classes at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM), mainly due to tuition cost. Having already registered for classes at [...]

My hurricane experience was through the television because I hail from Atlanta, Georgia where we rarely have any threats of the sort. I was actually down here planning to come to Xavier but left when I saw the news and decided to play it safe and go home. For the last few years I have [...]

My hurricane story is not interesting. However it is a blessing because my plight was no where near as tragic as the ordeal many others endured. I didn’t find out about Katrina until the Saturday before. Since I had the bad habit of never watching the news, I was completely oblivious to Katrina and [...]

As the class after Katrina and a non-state resident, I wasn’t directly affected. But as a prospective student of Xavier, I partially was. The news media was my main source of information and though I found their potrayal dismaying, I decided to come anyway! I took this class because I thought theology would be boring. [...]

Hi, my name is Alayne Lawrence. My Katrina story is a familiar one. Like many others, I did not evacuate until the night before. My father insisted that we weren’t going to leave and that we were just going to ride it out like we usually do. But as we watched the news and talked [...]

I woke up Saturday, August 27, 2005 without a care in the world. I was going to start my normal routine of eating cereal and watching cartoons until my mom met me with a surprise. “Wake up and pack your things”, she said. I was confused. I asked, “What [...]

Expectations and thoughts of this class are only to PASS. If this means e-mailing “I Agree” to a commitment that is made by someone that has a passion for Theology in all aspects of the word theology. It’s done! Theology is such an in-depth thought of God and His works in the [...]

My experience with Hurricane Katrina left me questioning my faith and the power of God.

I was fortunate enough to have evacuated before the natural/manmade disaster occured
destroying the beautiful, historical city I proudly called home. The Saturday before the hurricane hit New Orleans [...]

The day that my family and I evacuated for the hurricane started out as a normal day. My father was out of town in Destin, and I was just at home doing the same routine until my mom got a phone call saying that a hurricane was [...]

I intentionally stayed at the Superdome for hurricane Katrina. It was late when we found out about the storm. My husband decided that we should stay at the dome so we could be close to home when the storm passed. At the time, it seemed like a good idea. My mother-in-law [...]

I am very fortunate to say that I do not have a “hurricane story,” simply because I was not present in New Orleans at that time. I was in some way or another involved because I had family and friends of my family who evacuated to our house located in Memphis, TN. It was a [...]

In August of 2005, I was making my final preparations to move to Philadelphia for school. I was planning a vacation to see the infamous city of New Orleans before heading to Drexel University when tragedy struck the gulf coast. I sat in front of my T.V. and watched as the drama of [...]