Summary Marcela Arouz [Arauz?] [MA] is an evacuee of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans, LA. She lived in a suburb of New Orleans on the West Bank of the Mississippi River called Algiers. Her interview begins with a description of Algiers, and her life and job there. She describes her decision to evacuate and what she and her children went through during the process. She describes what it felt like to be in Houston watching the hurricane on television. She was certain, immediately after the...

Summary Tramain Chaney [TC] is a survivor of hurricane Katrina from Slidell, Louisiana, a small town considered to be a suburb of New Orleans. His interview begins with a very detailed description of Slidell, particularly the part of town in which he lived known as Old Town. He goes on to describe his decision to stay for the hurricane and where he and his boyfriend waited out the storm. Then Tramain describes the house with water filling up, almost reaching the second floor and his fear of having...

Summary Dominique Green [DG] is a survivor of hurricane Katrina. She was a student at Xavier University of New Orleans. His interview begins with a very limited description of New Orleans. She then explains her decision to stay for the hurricane and where she and the other students waited out the storm. Then DG describes being rescued from the dorm and left on the overpass with the local survivors who resented the students. Later, she revisits her description of New Orleans and why she misses the...

Summary Morgan Jordan [MJ], age 18, is an evacuee of hurricane Katrina from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, a small town near New Orleans. He was beginning the Fall semester of his freshman year at Nicholls State University. He was majoring in Culinary Arts at Nicholls State and has transferred to UH to major in Hotel and Restaurant Management. He is not sure the new major is for him or if Houston is a place he would like to live long-term. He misses friends and family and has yet to really acclimate himself...

Summary Geraldine Moore [GM] is a reluctant evacuee of hurricane Katrina from uptown New Orleans. She describes her neiughbirhood in detail and then goes on to describe her initial decision to stay for the hurricane and how her daughter who lives in Houston talked her out of it and sent her a pkane ticket. Geraldine’s evacuation process was easier than most, but her transition here in Houston has been difficult due to the fact that she has no car and does not know how to drive. Her goals for this...

Summary Adedayo Oguniyi [AO] is an evacuee of hurricane Katrina from Mandeville, Louisiana, a small town on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, considered to be a suburb of New Orleans. Her interview begins with a short description of Mandeville and quickly goes into a description of her evacuation process. She feels more connected to Nigeria, her first home, than to New Orleans and finds Houston appealing because of her connections with other Nigerians that she has made since her arrival at...

Summary Dominique Radcliffe [DR] is a survivor of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans East, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans on the other side of the Industrial Canal from the Lower 9th Ward. Her interview begins with a very detailed description of her life in New Orleans East. She then goes on to describe what happened to her during and immediately following the hurricane. Her vivid descriptions of getting lost in the woods are very emotional and she has to stop to pull herself together. She then...

Summary Chucky Shaffer [CS] is a survivor of hurricane Katrina from Slidell, Louisiana. Slidell is a small town considered to be a suburb of New Orleans on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. His story begins with background information, that he was from Mississippi originally, Pearlington, MS, where his mother still lives. He describes what it was like to be in Slidell when the hurricane hit, as well as what it was like after the storm. His descriptions of his mother’s home and her almost...

Summary Charles Spooner [CS] is an survivor of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans East, a suburb of New Orleans on the other side of the canal from the Lower 9th Ward. His interview begins with a very limted description of New Orleans East, which he revisits in more detail later in the interview. He then describes his family’s decision first to stya for the storm and then their decision to evacuate. Hen describes his difficulties getting his life back on track here in Houston and tells me how he...

Summary Melissa Tridico [MT] is a survivor of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans, LA. She lived in a neighborhood known as the Lower Garden District. Her interview begins with a description of her neighborhood, and her life and job there. She also describes her childhood attachment to New Orleans. She then explains why she stayed in New Orleans for Katrina: she was an ICU nurse and was on the hurricane list, a list of hospital staff that would stay and work during a hurricane. She describes what it...