Lucy Stone [LS] is a Katrina survivor from New Orleans [NO], Louisiana. She is a worked with child care and care taking the ill before working with the National Council of Jewish Women in New Orleans [NO] until this hurricane separated her from her home, work and life as she knew it. She is a mother of 1 son whom is currently living and working in Kenner with his family. Her interview begins with information regarding her home address, description of her neighborhood [Carrollton area] both current and growing up [Desire Projects]. She spends a few minutes describing the wonderful mixed neighborhood where everybody cares about their neighborhood and took turns mowing the grass in the front and back of the projects. She mourned the decadence and decay of this neighborhood in it’s decline in these later years. She loved her neighborhood in the Carrollton area and lived close to lots of family and friends. Her hurricane story is a story of her and her family riding out the storm. They didn’t leave until after the hurricane had passed and the water started coming up. She watched the National Guard and the soldiers move into her neighborhood and appreciated their kindness, and assistance. The family caravanned with two cars and walkie talkies and made their way to Houston, Texas where she was reunited with her sister and the rest of her family in a hotel. LS repeatedly states that she didn’t have it so bad and didn’t have to stay in a Shelter like so many others. LS feels that she will never be able to go home and is uncertain after FEMA finishes her year’s lease in her beautiful and safe active senior apartment here in Houston where she will end up.