As a native of Philadelphia, I have not had many experiences with natural disasters. Asides from the exceptional 2 feet of snow or minor torrential down pour, I have never been faced with anything as drastic as hurricane Katrina. Since coming to New Orleans I have become more aware of the sometimes devastating events the [...]

While everyone was packing up or already gone, I was in my room watching television making my weekend plans. I didn’t even know that there was a hurricane coming. I was even shocked that they had already made it to the K’s. But once I found out about it the only thing I could say [...]

             My Katrina story is not at all interesting compared to others but however, like everyone else, I do have a story. We were fortunate because it was just my mom and I so no crowded car, we left early so no traffic and we stayed in my cousins’ newly built home in Atlanta so no [...]

Just starting my junior year of high school and I was just thinking that it was going to be a very fun year of school. I was attending Andrew Jackson Fundamental High School in Chalmette, La and the first week of school was starting off great! I had a lot of friends in all my [...]

The hurricane katrina incident was quite sad but then later developed into something positive.  I left my home a couple of nights before the evacuation took place because my family and I knew that there was going to be hell breaking loose everywhere with every body struggling to get suppplies for the evacuation and gas.  [...]

I am from Gary, Indiana where the most eventful weather occurrences are floods, blizzards and tornadoes. I have never experienced a natural phenomenon such as a hurricane and the devastation it can cause. Hopefully by being down here in New Orleans I can truly come to see what some of the long-term health effects Hurricane [...]

My hurricane story isn’t as disturbing as many of those which I have heard or read about in the media. However, it just may have been as tragic as those same horrifying stories if it wasn’t for a friend of mines who called me around 5 in the morning the day the mandatory evacuation was [...]

August 28, 2005, a day before Katrina hit. My family was still deciding on if we should evacuate or not. We decided last minute to go ahead and evacuate, which was one smart decision. So we hit the usual evacuation traffic, but we thought it would just be like any other evacuations. [...]

When I had to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina, it was the week before my 16th birthday and I did not foresee that I would not be home until a year later. My family and I decided to leave for Houston three days before the levees broke and the city was flooded. At first my [...]

August 29th, 2005 was the day we all were surprised with what happened to our beautiful city of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina destroyed a good portion of our city that day. I feel as even though I did not get as much damage as others did, I felt their pain. It is frightening when you [...]

            Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded in history. The hurricane affected so many individuals throughout the Gulf Coast. Some people lost their homes and valuable possessions, while others lost their lives. Some individuals did not suffer any of these affects after the storm had passed. They were only left to [...]

Before Hurricane Katrina, I was at the hairshop getting prepared for St. Augustine High School Jamboree. As I was sitting in the chair, everyone turned to look at the news only to see what looked like a cloud covering the Gulf Coast. Later had I realized, this was not a cloud, it was a massive [...]

Okay, I think I finally got this to work. Its 12:30 a.m. and I don’t want to fall behind in this class so here goes the first entry!
Four years ago, my family and I had to pack up all of our belongings. This was the first time we ever felt the need to [...]

      Just as I start to write this first blog entry, the fact that this day, August 29, 2009, is the actual fourth year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina comes to my mind.  When this event took place, I was in high school also beginning my second year just as I’m embarking on my second year [...]

A few days before Hurricane Katrina, I left with my mom’s side of the family and we stayed by a cousin who lives in Lecompte, La which is about forty minutes outside of Alexandria. My dad and a few of his relatives came the night before Katrina hit New Orleans. I was kind of glad that [...]

Kelly Allison
            My name is Kelly Dale Allison, and I’m sure that just as any other New Orleanian, my Hurricane Katrina story is one filled with times of hardship, loss, and unimaginable uncertainty.  I can just remember being a sophomore at Cabrini High School and hearing that yet another hurricane was headed our way.  As [...]

   Hurricane Katrina was not much of a devastation in the area of Louisiana where I resided.  The hardship that I faced during Katrina was having to watch the news and see what was happening while knowing that some family members had not gotten out before it hit. On the other hand, Hurricane Gustav was [...]

Both of my projects are coming along rather well. I’m actually done at this point with my hours totaling to 55. I devoted 34 hours at the Children’s Hospital and the other 21 hours in the Lower Ninth Ward. Even though I’m complete with my two projects I’m still going to continue to volunteer, this [...]

Hurricane Katrina was a memorable event for any and everyone in New Orleans, in Louisiana, and in surrounding states. My most vivid memory of Katrina was waking up the next morning and hearing about all of the devastation in New Orleans. My home, located in Baton Rouge, was not seriously affected, but we were out [...]

For me there is not an interesting hurricane story to share. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans I had no idea I would end up attending college at Xavier University of Louisiana. Though I have did not experience Hurricane Katrina, Gustav proved to be a scary experience in itself. I can only imagine what Hurricane [...]