Hurricane Katrina

Pre 8/29/2005 Katrina was just a pretty name for a girl. After Hurricane Katrina, it became a potent reminder for damage that was done. So what is one to do with a name synonymous with a Hurricane? For the people of New Orleans... a poem.

The story of how my cat, Fritzi, was left behind in Biloxi during Hurricane Katrina, and survived.

When my husband deployed to Hurricane Katrina with the Army National Guard, all of his luggage was lost for about a week. Here is the story.

The mass media mostly did a commendable job covering Hurricane Katrina. However, there are certain areas where criticism is in order.

Hurricane Katrina is best understood as a combination natural disaster and manmade disaster. Learning the lessons of Katrina means being better prepared for next time.

Exactly five years and two weeks ago to date, Hurricane Katrina tore threw New Orleans with brute force, destroying everything in its path.

This is another story from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Personal story about Hurricane Katrina.

This is a discussion of a pivotal point in American history when a natural disaster of epic proportions revealed the true state of race, class, and culture in our country. This is a story from one man's perspective, and his journey to find relevance.

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Elhamija Kadic, a Bosnian refugee, helped coordinate the IRC's response.

Hurricane Katrina evacuees scattered all over the United States from New Orleans, Indianapolis welcomed over 2,000 of these people.

A listing of the media sources broadcasting from New Orleans and the Gulf region on the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath

As the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's historic landfall nears, this is one writer's story of the days of devastation that followed.

Half 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.

On the 5th anniversary of the storm, here are links to some of the best sites for facts, statistics, information and images.

On the morning a 20-foot storm surge from Hurricane Katrina washed away my hometown of Slidell, I was bunkered down in a tiny hotel room in Natchez, Miss., 120 miles away with my three children, my parents and a terrified Dachshund named Elvis.

Hurricane Katrina made me a better person. Its 20-foot storm surge took away everything I owned and nearly wrecked my wedding. But it gave me a better understanding of what's most important in life. It has been a long road since finding myself homeless the day after the storm.

President Obama has released that he will visit New Orleans for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Mississippi coast residents are fed up with playing second string to city that the storm did not hit directly.

Arriving in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina, I worked to ready houses for re-construction. Here are the lessons I learned.

While many people heard about the story of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, many people never heard about the story of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, or the location of where Hurricane Katrina had actually made landfall.

With the start of the 2010 Hurricane season looming, these articles look at the recovery efforts of South Louisiana and South Mississippi, five years after Hurricane Katrina.

The New Orleans Saints and the Hurricane Katrina aftermath will become joined at the hip in news reports, now that the Saints have qualified to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. There's a good side, but part of the story is a myth.