Hurricane Katrina Five Years Later
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina tell their personal stories of courage, grief, love and loss five years after the storm hit the Gulf Coast.
After Katrina, Starting Over in AtlantaWhen Albert Mbanfu fled Cameroon and found political asylum in the United States in 2005, he brought with him several years of experience working for nonprofit and development organizations.
Rebuilding Lives and the Gulf Coast Following Hurricane KatrinaAs the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's historic landfall nears, this is one writer's story of the days of devastation that followed.
Hurricane Katrina Taught Us to Be Better PeopleHalf of our apartment building was gone. Our car was no where around. The impact fell upon me like a ton of bricks. We had lost everything...but we have gained so much more. We got a second chance.
Telling the Stories of Katrina Five Years After the StormThis story about Hurricane Katrina isn't about politics or blame, it's not about racism or bigotry, but it is about the beauty of the human spirit and the amazing, extraordinary things that ordinary people can accomplish in times of tragedy.- Life Changes Course After Hurricane KatrinaFive years ago I was living in Ocean Springs, Miss. I had no idea how much Hurricane Katrina would shape my life, and change its direction.
Louisiana Teacher Marks Five-Year Katrina AnniversaryFive years after Hurricane Katrina, people have come a long way to rebuilding New Orleans. Although we endured hardships five years ago, we now love our city even more.
Katrina Poured Salt into Hurricane Ivan's WoundKatrina made my catastrophe, my disaster, my loss nothing more than a speck in history. I lost my home ten months prior to Katrina, to her older brother, Hurricane Ivan.- Memories of Mother and a New Orleans Five Years LaterNew Orleans was the city I was raised in, the place that would always be my comfort zone and the place that makes me happy. My memories of Katrina Hurricane? My first thoughts are for my mother.
New Orleans' Strength of Character Still Inspires Five Years After Airport's Katrina EvacuationShortly after Katrina swept through Louisiana, a small detachment of Air Force Security Forces airmen was dispatched to assist evacuate the survivors. The experience was life altering.- Katrina's Arrival, Daughter's Birth Spur Memories and VigilanceSitting in traffic, in oppressive heat as millions try to flee from an approaching hurricane. Sounds like a disaster movie, in August 2005 it was happening for real. We were among the millions of people in Houston, Texas evacuating from hurricane Katrina.
Katrina Five Years Later: Storm Wrecked Houses, but Not HomeMy family lost much to Hurricane Katrina, but what we've found more than compensates for belongings, even those that were precious. Our home now is as big and as vibrant as the city itself.