Summary: Charles Darensbourg [CD] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA]. His interview begins with some details from his early married life and goes on to describe moving into Pontchartrain Park, the first black subdivision in New Orleans. CD then gives description of his evacuation and two week hotel room stay in Tyler, Texas. After it became clear he could not return to NOLA in just a few days as anticipated, he and five other family members left to move in with a family of five in Conroe, Texas. He now lives with his wife, his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren in Spring, Texas. He has no plans to return to New Orleans.