Summary Sidney Harris [SH] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NO]. His interview begins with little details from his early life, and goes on to describe NO. Then, after a few minutes describing the relatively calm situation at his job before Katrina hit, Sidney gives a long description of his experience in the height of the storm: walking down the stairs as the water fills the prison where he and his family have taken shelter, escaping from the rushing water, having to evacuate...

Summary Emelda McCullen [EM] is a Katrina survivor from Westwego, La. Her interview begins with some details from her early life and goes on to describe New Orleans [NO] as far as what it was like when she grew up compared to what it eventually had become. Also, she gives some detail as what it was like to be in her home she didn’t want to evacuate for six days without lights, since Katrina came through and made the power no longer exists. Then she explains how life is in Houston and tells why...

Summary Alice Poole [AP] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, La. [NO]. Her interview begins with some details from her early life, and goes on to describe NO. Then, after a brief description of the relatively calm situation in NO before Katrina hit, Alice gives a long description of her experiences in the height of the storm: rushing to the attic to escape the water as it quickly fills the home where she and her family decided to take shelter, escaping from the rushing water, having to...

Summary Oreila Poole [OP] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, La. [NO]. Her interview begins with very little detail of life growing up on the West Bank of NO and of her community where she lived before the storm. She gives a brief description of what it felt like anticipating the wait of the storm. Oreila begins to get more detailed as she describes the experience she had once the hurricane made landfall and the levees broke. She also describes her emotions while enduring one of the worst...

Summary Chante’ Simmons [CS] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NO]. Her interview begins with some detail from her early life, and goes on to describe NO. Then, after a few minutes describing what NO was like before the hurricane she goes on to explain what it was like after and why NO will never be the same. Also, Chante’ briefly described some of the events that made NO, such as, Mardi Gras, Essence Festival, Jazz Fest, and the Bayou Classic. Last, she goes on to describe what...

Summary Tammie Young [TY] is a Katrina survivor from Westwego, La. Her interview begins with information about living on the Westbank of New Orleans [NO]. She goes on to describe how her neighborhood was prior to the hurricane, to how it became after “Katrina”. Tammie gives a long description of her experience of when they began to feel the effects of the hurricane and how they managed to survive life after it was all over. She also describes how their community helped each other out after the...