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Trotter, Vincent, 21 March 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SKR-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 21 March 2006
Summary

This is a continuation of an earlier interview in which Vincent described what happened when he stayed through the hurricane because he worked in a jail. This story picks up when Vincent decides to leave the prisoners and his co-worker on a bridge to begin walking home. In this interview Vincent begins by talking about his walk to his home in Algeirs. He also shares the events and decisions that brought him to Houston and describes the community he found there.

Nguyen, Sanh, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SNU-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Sanh Nguyen, [SN], about 59 years of age, is a Katrina evacuee. He left Vietnam through the Human [humanitarian] Operation Program in 1996 and arrived to Washington State. SN decided to move to New Orleans because he had heard that the commercial fishing industry was profitable. In 2002, SN was able to sponsor his wife and youngest son to the U.S. SN and wife quickly got a job in a Vietnamese bakery, and they both worked there until the day they fled Katrina. SN’s family fled with some...

Luu, Chau, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SNU-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Chau Luu [CL], about 60 years old, is a Katrina evacuee. She left Vietnam with her family due to the harsh treatment when the Communists took over the country. CL’s escape from Vietnam was a long and difficult journey which led her to several countries such as Cambodia and Thailand before arriving to the U.S. CL arrived in Oregon around 1981. CL stated that she had a good first impression of the U.S. government because of the financial aid her family received. CL’s family relocated to N.O....

Ngo, Hui, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SNU-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Hui Ngo, [HN], about 42 years of age, is a Katrina evacuee. HN had a difficult life growing up, both of her parents died when she was sixteen; therefore she had to take care of her four younger siblings. She left Vietnam in 2003 after marrying her husband. She lived in Corpus Christi [C.C.] for a while then moved to New Orleans [N.O.] because her husband couldn’t find any more work in C.C. In N.O., HN’s family lived in Versailles, a popular community for Vietnamese. Here, HN was much...

Mui, Bong, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SNU-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Bong Mui [BM], a 59 year old male, is a Katrina evacuee. His family moved from North Vietnam to South Vietnam in 1954 when the country was divided. In South Vietnam, BM attended school until he graduated from medical school in 1971. In 1973, BM received a scholarship to study at Tulane University in New Orleans [N.O.]. Due to this, BM and his wife and child were apart from 1973 and were reunited in 1979 in Columbia, South America [S.A.] The family moved back to N.O. in 1979 when BM continued...

Woods, Kimothy, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR01
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Kimothy Woods is a Katrina evacuee who came to Houston with her mother, stepfather and one of her nieces, leaving behind two sisters who worked as a Police Officer and a Surgical Tech. Her interview started with her living in New Orleans along with her family. She lived alone in Eastern New Orleans. Her family lived in Eastern New Orleans as well. They are a close-knit family and having to leave part of her immediate family behind was very hard on her and her family that evacuated with her....

Smothers, Mackie, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR02
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary

Mackie Smothers is a survivor from Hurricane Katrina. He lives here in Houston with his wife in the home of his wife’s sister. Most of his immediate family is here in their respective apartments. Mr. Smothers is very much concerned about what to do with his home in New Orleans and he is frustrated with the way the government and insurance companies have handled him. He misses his food and the closeness of his friends and their fishing holes. But, he is determined to make a home here.

Belton, Leonard and Melinda, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR03
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary The Beltons are evacuees from New Orleans. They lost homes in New Orleans and Mississippi due to Hurricane Katrina. They are going home because they are homesick for the community that they had from home.Their story is about family and keeping track of the members throughout and after the hurricane. They lost property in two states and have a different idea of the life that they will lead from now on. They plan to cling to the simplicity that they were forced to embrace due to...

Smothers, Kemic, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR04
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Kemic Smothers and his family are survivors relocated to Houston, TX when Hurricane Katrina was approaching New Orleans. Kemic talked about the city and the devastation. And he addressed throughout the interview, the failings of the government and the disappointment and frustration that he felt.His personal frustration and empathy for his fellow evacuees is tempered with satire that is cutting and honest and at times funny. Kemic and his wife are making the best of an awful...

Menendez, Louis and Vivian, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR05
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Mr. and Mrs. Menendez talked about their community and the experiences that they had living in New Orleans. They talked about the house they had to evacuate that was only two years old. They shared how socially they had a grand time in New Orleans with family and friends, talked about the festivals and balls they attended, and their neighborhood events.Louis and Vivian evacuated from New Orleans to Houston with a large number of people. They went to the home of their son and...

Hudson, Carolyn, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR06
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Mr. & Mrs. Hudson evacuated from New Orleans to Houston as a result of Hurricane Katrina. They had a pleasant community life in New Orleans East. They knew many of their neighbors, practically all who lived on their block.They evacuated with family and to a hotel that Carol Hudson [CH] reserved for them. They watch the saga that was Hurricane Katrina unfold on CNN in disbelief. CH said that she was in denial at first. She eventually came to embrace the truth that she couldn’t...

Sykes, Sylvia, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR07
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Mrs. Sylvia Sykes [MS] lived in a nice neighborhood in New Orleans with her husband and their three children. All were grown and out of the house when the storm hit. They had a nice life, and Mr. and Mrs. Sykes gave their children plenty of exposure to good experiences. They were very active in the city’s social events, the balls and Mardi Gras and other cultural events.MS was not in New Orleans when the hurricane hit, but in other parts of the state. She was sixty miles from...

Menendez, Dianne, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR08
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Dianne Menendez [DM] told of her life in Houston since Hurricane Katrina. She’s the caretaker of her mother, and they stayed together through everything. She’s returning to New Orleans because her mother wants to be there. But, DM said that she’s traveled all over the world and could make her home anywhere.She said that they came together to Houston with other family members and were twenty-one members in one home-her nephew’s home. As government assistance started to come in the...

Nicholas, Albert, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR09
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Albert Nicholas [AN] talked about his life and work in New Orleans and the circumstances surrounding Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Hurricane Katrina brought him and family and friends to Houston. After evacuating from Houston for Hurricane Rita, he returned to Houston where he remains. Since the beginning of all this, he stated, he’s been working on getting back home to New Orleans. He wants to be there for the rest of his days if he can. Back in New Orleans, he’ll be working on his Seventh...

Barney, Marie, 2006

 File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-SS-SR10
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records / Project Interviews
Dates: 2006
Summary Marie Barney [MB], age 69, told me she didn’t know how bad Hurricane Katrina was expected to be even as late as Saturday evening. She was distracted with the death and funeral of her late husband, Clarence Lyle Barney, Jr. [CB]. The funeral was held the day before she and her family evacuated. Her youngest son had a friend who got them reservations. They stayed at the hotel until they realized it would be a while and they decided to get an apartment with the help of the same friend who got...