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Bernice Harrison (BH) is one of two sisters both Hurricane Katrina evacuees living in the Meadows Place Seniors’ Village. Bernice’s apartment is between the apartments of other New Orleans evacuees. One is occupied by her sister and brother-in-law.

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Sheila A. Johnston is a native of New York City. Her working years were in the state of Texas but after contracting MS she moved to New Orleans. SJ is 55 years old and does the at-home or periodontal dialysis daily.

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Mack Mc Bride (MM) is an Afro-American male of slight statue but the gate and physical mannerisms of a blue collar guy. In this senior’s community he is well liked and often associated with a Christian activist population. He is thought of by most to be a Katrina evacuee but actually Mr. and Mrs. Mc Bride fled Beaumont, Texas in the advance of Hurricane Rita.

Summary Carrie Meyers (CM) is a retired Afro-American woman and the caretaker of a 96 year old father. She is interviewed the weekend of her 65th birthday which was celebrated by her two sons, their families and her newer community the Meadows Place Senior’s Village. Her escape from Katrina occurred after the storm. This required the assistance of civil defense and emergency persons at the time of the well documented initial devastation of New Orleans. CM describes the trauma of exiting with a then...

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Sonya Salvant [SS], age 67, is a native New Orleanian residing in the Stafford Meadows Place Seniors’ Complex, She is an energetic woman whom can walk down a hallway without conversing with any and all passers by. Her apartment is directly across from her father’s apartment. Sonya is known by name to practically every resident of the complex. Sonya assumes more than the average person’s responsibility to form an active community.

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Dorothea Scaglione (DS0 is a native New Yorker transplanted to the New Orleans area. She is a Sicilian American with strong identification with the Lakeview and Metairie neighborhoods. Dorothea has a definite disappointment in the failure of society’s appointed protectors in regards to Katrina.