Summary Harold Cann, age 16, is a Katrina Survivor from Bay St. Louis Mississippi now leaving on Lyons Avenue in Houston’s Fifth Ward. His interview begins with Harold talking about his childhood and how he started playing basketball at age five being coached by his father. He then goes on to describe the community as small and friendly close knit town, who really loved and participated in all sports. Coming to such a big city has been quite an adjustment for Harold. He is having to face the...

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Lily Chapman is an evacuee from Avondale, LA where she was a lifelong resident. She was in the hospital in the days before Katrina. She evacuated with her family before the storm hit first to Monroe, LA, then to Houston. She discusses her evacuation, her family, and apprehensions about returning home.

Summary Shanell Hilton is a twelfth grade student from New Orleans La. (AKA) the Seventh ward. She is now living in Houston, and attending Barbara Jordan High School for carriers. Shanell describes what happened leading up to the storm and how they were evacuated first to San Antonio Texas and then rerouted to Houston where they stayed with her aunt for about a month before getting their own place. Shanell plans to remain in Houston until the end of the School year and possibly attend either The...

Summary Ronald Holden is a Katrina survivor who has lived in Uptown New Orleans for thirty years. The interview starts with him describing his neighborhood before the storm as nice people with nice homes; not the slums. Mr. Holden stayed at Armstrong International Airport during the storm, he made about 60 trips from the airport to Baton Rouge transporting survivors and their families. He returned from these trips with van loads of water. Now, in Houston, Mr. Holden lives in a retirement community....

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Devin Hurst is a Twenty three year old aspiring rap artist formally from New Orleans East who wrote a song about Hurricane Katrina. Devin is now living in Houston trying to pursue his mucic career. He feels that living in Houston will be a positive step for his music because there are so many more opportunities in Houston. Devin displays a real love for the city of New Orleans, and hopes to someday return to the place he loves so much.

Summary Troy Louis is a Katrina survivor from the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has lived there for 41 years. Troy has been employed as a cook for 25 years. His interview starts with him describing his former community as a close knit community and a very friendly community of people who stayed together. They lived and their children played together. He talked about how he would feed the entire neighborhood.TL and his wife were on a couples' retreat with their church,...

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Stanley and his brother Peter Schmit are Katrina survivors from Miraux Louisiana. They have lived there for thirty years. The interview starts with the Schmits talking about their community before the storm (Lexington Place). Peter starts to describe what he saw the morning after the storm passed; they then describe how they were trapped, rescued and bussed to Houston.

Summary Ashley Strong, age 19, is a second-year college student and Katrina survivor from Bay St. Louis, MS. The interview begins with Ashley describing Bay St. Louis (Bay St. Louis.) as a really beautiful city with a lot of historical places and shops. She also talks about how the community supported each other. Ashley describes the events leading up to the storm. The young adult seeks refuge from the storm in Mobile, AL, where she stays for five days. After finishing her current semester during...

Summary Kenneth Trahan [KT] is a Katrina survivor from Bay St. Louis Mississippi. The interview begins with Mr. Trahan describing his former community. He was very detailed in his description of the beach and the type of homes that were there. He misses his church the most. He talked about how he was off the day before the storm and was called in to the the nursing home where he worked, to be on the A Team. These were the staff members who would work up to twelve hour shifts and evacuate with the...

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Telitha Turner is a twelfth grade student from the seventh ward in New Orleans and also a Katrina survivor. Telitha and her family are finding it hard to adjust to the different way of way of life here in Houston after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August of this year. Telitha hopes to return to New Orleans to attend college after graduating from Barbara Jordan High School in may of this year.