10 years ago the United States experienced the most costly and one of the most lethal natural disasters in history when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and the City of New Orleans. Between the dates of August 23rd and August 31st, 2005, the world watched in disbelief as one of America’s most iconic cities was submerged under water and chaos ensued.
Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 hurricane and the third strongest storm to strike the United States. The hurricane claimed over 1800 lives and caused $108 billion in damage. The greatest damage was to the City of New Orleans.
Most of the City of New Orleans is actually under sea level. Surrounding the city are a series of
levees designed to retain the water from the Gulf Coast and Lake Pontchartrain. The damage to the city was not only caused by the force of the hurricane, but by the flooding throughout the city after the levees failed. Over 80% of the city was flooded, up to 20 feet in some areas.
Prior to the hurricane, citizens were told to evacuate the city. Unfortunately for nearly 60,000 residents, evacuation was not an option. Many had nowhere to go and many lacked the financial means to leave the area. As a result after the storm and the flooding, thousands of New Orleans citizens were trapped. Federal and local disaster relief organizations, including FEMA, were unprepared for such a catastrophe and these citizens spent days isolated without food, clean water, or other facilities.
Without basic necessities, many turned to looting. Police responded with force and the chaos grew. Finally after many days FEMA took charge and coordinated with the Red Cross, National Guard and others to supply the people with food and begin an evacuation of the city.
10 years later the city still shows the signs of Hurricane Katrina. While many places in the city have been restored to the greatness of the past, places such as the Lower 9th Ward have had little restoration completed. Even today, each year Bishop Kelly sends a group of students to New Orleans to aid in the rebuilding effort.
Prior to the hurricane New Orleans had a population of 455,188. As of 2006, the population had dropped to 208,548. As of 2013, the population is 378,715, close to 80,000 lower than pre-hurricane population.
Prior to reading this and watching the video, what did you know about Hurricane Katrina? What are your thoughts about the event? If you were a resident of New Orleans prior to Katrina, would you move back to the city? Why or why not?
Before watching and reading this, I knew a little bit about Hurricane Katrina, but not a lot. I knew that thousands of people died and that many people's lives were ruined. I mean those people were left with nothing. Homes, family, friends, sanitation, when Katrina struck she left nothing behind. This was a tragic event that has effected New Orleans to this day. Thousands died, homes were flooded and destroyed, people were left for days without food or water, it is very traumatic for those who survived it. Some of them returned to New Orleans to help the long and slow healing process while others decided it wasn't safe anymore and, once they could, fled the city, never to return. If I were there when Katrina hit I honestly don't know what I would do. If I was too traumatized by it and didn't feel safe in my own home then I wouldn't stay. Who would? If Katrina made me stronger then I would go back and help restore my home and my city. It really depends on how badly you were affected by the storm. All we can do is help out and pray for those rebuiding the city. Help save New Orleans and pray for them.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with Riley that thousands did die. But why would you not go back home? I know that a lot of flooding and this disasters happened but i'd think that this would just make you feel stronger. I mean look at what happened in Boston in the year of 2013. The bombing. People still ran it and you could that it made them stronger. As you can see with the shirts where. It says Boston Strong.
DeleteI agree with Riley and Molly. I would move back to show that the hurricane has made me sronger. But also it would depend if you wanted your family to be safe from any other hurricanes. I think that it would all depend on where you were in the city.
DeleteBefore reading and watching the video,I didn't know very much about Hurricane Katrina. I knew that a lot of people died and also that it hit New Orlands. I thought that the people who were triing to get out of New Orlands before the Hurricane was going to strick the land. I felt very horrible for those who didn'thave anywhere to go except the Dome where a lot of NFL teams play. That they where stuck there for so many days. If I was there when this event happened and i made it out in time I still would go back to my home land. Even this Tragic event happened and left nothing behind it's tracks that will not stop me from still living there. Things that happen in New Orleans happened because God made it happen. It only makes me stronger.
ReplyDeleteGood job. i agree that this event was tragic and but i would not go back. I also felt horrible for the people that were stuck in the dome.
DeleteYeah to live in some kind of shelter for who knows how long, I could not do . I rather have a real home to feel safe
DeleteI think that people would be thankful to have a place to stay. They were probably thinking about the people stuck on there rovers. The people in the dome were kind of in the same position as the people outside put they were at least dry .
DeleteI think it was a tragic and devestating thing that happened in New Orleans, but I thinnk people were thankful the city had a super dome that they could go to and have a little bit of shelter. I was so sad that they didn't have any clean water and they had no food.
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DeleteThat was a very tragic day in American histroy. If I were there, I don't know what I would do. God bless everyone who died and survived this catastrophe.
DeleteGreat job Molly! I like how you referred to the NFL stadium and said you felt sorry for those people. I like how you said the hurricane would only make you stronger do you would come back to New Orleans. You were very precise about Hurricane Katrina. Again good job Molly!
DeleteAwesome job Molly!! You made some really good points about the dome and how God does things to make us stronger. The people in the dome were safe from the water but after a while the dome turned into misery. In the dome they didn't have fresh water and there were so many people in the dome. It was hot and the conditions were almost like in a third world country.
DeleteI think your very right Molly. In one of the worst hurricanes that have hit the United States you found the somewhat silver lining. I believe God make everything happen for a reason. This might have happened to make the community stronger. We will never know.
DeleteBefore watching this video, I had learned about Hurricane Katrina but not a lot about it. I knew that it made a huge impact on lives and it caused a lot of destruction. I knew that a lot of people had died and it changed New Orleans. My thoughts about the event are that the people that stayed in there towns and did not evacuated are very brave and must have been through a lot. Also, I think that after Hurricane katrina hit people did not know how bad it was going to be and they did not know that it wad going to destroy there city. It surprises me, that even to this day, they have not reconstructed some of the buildings that were destroyed by Katrina 10 years ago. I felt bad for all of people that were stuck in there homes during the hurricane. It must have been very scary. If i was in the situation where i had evacuated and the hurricane went through, I personally would not move back because it would be very hard with a struggling community around you and people that you care about homes destroyed. I know that it is your home, but it would be easier and in my opinion make mores sense to not move back.
ReplyDeleteI think that the people who stayed in New Orleans didn't stay to be brave, they stayed because they had neither the financial support nor a place to flee to. Yes, what happened afterwards made them braver and stronger, but I don't think that's why they stayed originally.
DeleteI disagree with you that it would be easier to move out rather than move back. I think that people would just be to heart broken and couldn't go back. I kind of agree that they were brave. They kind of didn't have a choice. They had no place to go so most of them stayed.
DeleteI think that Sophie did a good job describing the storm. She said that people stayed in their city because they were brave. I partially support that idea, but I also think they stayed there because it was simply their home. If they survived the hurricane and went through all of that brutal time during and after the storm they definitely should stay in their home town. If I survived all that, I would definitely stay in my home town.
DeleteGood job Sophie. You did a really good job going into detail about the disaster and you did a good job putting it into your own perspective which I liked. I also totally agree with you about the part where you talked about why you wouldn't move back to New Orleans. I would not go back if I lived there prior to the hurricane. I think you did a really good job.
DeleteAll I knew before reading and watching the video is that Hurricane Katrina was very powerful and cost a lot of money. I also knew that it flooded the city and thousands of people died. I think this event was very devastating and that the government didn't do much to help the people out. And once Katrina struck the government didn't do much then either. Thousands of people were stranded on their roofs for days without food or clean water for days.Once the water levels decreased people started looting for survival. Finally FEMA and the Red Cross took charge and got these necessities to the people. If it was my home city I doubt I would move back because it would be hard to start all over again in a city that was vastly damaged. I would find it better to start off somewhere else where the storm didn't affect so baldy.
ReplyDeleteI disagreed with you when you said that the government didn't do much. The government didn't get there for a while because everything was so messed up, not because they couldn't or didn't want to. They still got there in time to save thousands of lives. The government did the best they could under the circumstances.
DeleteI agree with Riley,Carter. The government could hep them out but how could they? They would have to agree with all the rebuilding. But this was just such a big destruction that cost millions and millions of dollars. There was just so little to figure this out. How would you feel if you where the governor. I'd think that they where over welled. There was no wha to get out and there was too much flooding.
DeleteII think the government should have done less thinking and gone to action immediately saving people off their roofs. Even though they were over whelming, I still think they could have gone to work immediately
DeleteFirst of all I just want to say good job Carter. I liked how you realized that it was a huge money lost. I also like how you talked about FEMA and the red cross. I also liked how you said you would come back if your place wasn't fully destroyed or go somewhere else in New Orleans. Again good job!
DeleteGood job Carter. I agree that the government did not do much. There was so much confusion but if it had been somwhere that was very wealth the government wouldn't have cared how bad it was they would have sent help right after they had heard about it. It is debatable that maybe the government couldn't get help down there but it wasn't just a day it was multiple days and you would think that by then they would have sent someone down there to find out what happened and to help.
DeleteI disagree with you carter because the government was trying to help the people of new Orleans but they couldn't because the didn't know what their jurisdiction was
DeleteBefore I watched this video I knew a little about hurricane Katrina. I knew that it was a class 5 hurricane. Also I knew that the levies in New Orleans had failed so the city started to flood. Finally I knew that people were stranded on there roves for three or more days with out food. This event was a little disappointing. I wish that they were able to help the people before that long. If they were flying over why couldn't they take a couple people at a time. I feel like the government should have cared a little more about there citizens then they did. I would probably not move back because it would be to hard to go back and see your hose destroyed after some people have lived there for most of there lives.
ReplyDeleteI very much agree with Gabe’s paragraph. He mentioned the horrible things that happened before, during and after the storm. He told of all the stranded people with no food and water and said that the government should have helped more. I personally think they should have helped more too. Gabe did a very good job at explaining the costly hurricane, Katrina.
DeleteI agree with your entire paragraph except for the part when you say that the government should have done more than they did but they couldn't because every thing was a mess it wasn't because they didn't want to.
DeleteBefore reading and watching the video I really knew nothing about Hurricane Katrina. I knew it was devastating storm, and was mostly in New Orleans, Louisiana. Some of my thoughts about the event are that is was so sad how thousands of people were stranded on their homes or in the Superdome with no food, clean water, or shelter. I would probably move back to New Orleans a few years after the storm. I would wait for some of the buildings and houses to be rebuilt, and they gladly move in (with the trust that the levees were built better). I personally would move back because it would be my home. If I was there before the storm I should be there after the storm. Home would be home forever.
ReplyDeleteI agree with monty that it was a devistating storm, I think most people would. I agree that it was sad that people had no food or clean water to drink, but I would not move back and I would move to a safer home. I would be sad not to be home but if it made me or my family unsafe I would move somewere else.
DeleteI somewhat agree with Monty's explanation on Hurricane Katrina. I think you did a good job talking about how bad the hurricane really was and I also liked how you gave examples on why you would move back to the city. The only thing I don't agree with you on is where you said you would move back, I personally would just move somewhere else safe.
DeleteI agree with you Monty I would move back to New Orleans because it is their home, and agree that it was sad on what all happened to the people without food and water. But I disagree at the same time I think you would go back there to New Orleans and try to help and make the community stronger. Instead of waiting for the homes to be done.
DeleteBefore I read this article and saw the video i knew close to nothing about hurricane katrina. all I knew was that it was in New Orleans. My thoughts about hurricane Katrina are how sad it was that some of the helicopters were not even able to pick up some of the people that were stranded on there rooftops screaming and yelling for help. And it would be extremely gross to be floating in the water and just see a body just float by and maybe you know that person that would be even more gross. If I were a resident of New Orleans Prior to hurricane Katrina I don't think i would move back because there would be a chance for it to happen again and you would have the same tradgect feelings. I would move to a place that is far enough away from the ocean hurricanes or big devistating natural disasters to not happen simmilar to Idaho.
ReplyDeleteMax I agree with you if I lived in New Orleans I wouldn't move back, and moving to a safe place is a good idea. Idaho is a great place to live. I also think that you cant move somewhere and everything will be perfect, there is bound to be a natural disaster every once in a while.
DeleteClaire I disagree, I would move back. I think that you should go back to your community to help and support the people who have been more devastated than you. I think I would be your duty to return to your home and help. If everyone left after the Hurricane the community would never had a chance to repair their city.
DeleteI disagree too, I would move back to help make my community stronger and better. Maybe something good will come out of it and it will help people to come back. It would just make it worst if no one were to come back and help. So I agree with Marilyn.
DeleteAfter reading this article I was amazed at what this Hurricane did. I remember when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. My mom loves to show me news. When I was young I remember seeing this big Hurricane on my T.V. I could only remember that there were big waves crashing on black fences on a beach. I felt I needed to love where I live and my surroundings. I felt bad for the people in New Orleans and for the people in New Orleans who couldn't afford to leave. I felt they needed my help. I felt very sad and helpless when I know some people were watching bodies float by there house. It depends if my house was obliterated and all my things are gone. I would move on and have a nice home in Idaho to get away from all the disasters. If my family lived there and I loved living in New Orleans then I would come back and have a good life. All in all Hurricane Katrina was a big devastation but we will rebuild and remember those who died that day.
ReplyDeletePrior to watching this video I knew that Hurricane Katrina hit and devastated New Orleans. Thousands of peoples homes were destroyed by the water and debris. Many people evacuated their homes and haven't returned since. My thought on the hurricane is that the United States is one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world and it has been 10 years and there is still debris that hasn't been dealt with. In New Orleans some neighborhoods are just abandoned and no is cleaning them up. In the video it talked about how the nice rich neighborhoods in the city look exactly same. Then it shoes some of the poorer neighborhoods that are just absolutely destroyed, and no one is restoring those neighborhoods. The poor neighborhoods will never look the same again because no is helping. For 24 hours after the hurricane hit and the city flooded they still didn't have help. Its almost like our country just gave New Orleans a cold shoulder and didn't care that the city was basically under water. If I were a resident before the hurricane it would be very difficult for me to return to New Orleans after. The reason it would be difficult to return is because if my home was destroyed I don't think I could handle it. When I was three years old my family lived in Huston , Texas we had to evacuate our house for Hurricane Rita a few weeks after Katrina. I was very young but I can still remember how it felt to just pack up the important things and leave our house knowing that when we return everything could be gone. Thankfully we got out safe and nothing happened to our house. If our house would have been destroyed I know it would have been difficult to return and start from scratch.
ReplyDeleteI am very sorry and embarrassed that in a lot of places in New Orleans nothing is being done to fix poorer neighborhoods. If I had lived in one of those neighborhoods I would be so sad that it hadn't been fixed up. I am disappointed that for 24 hours nothing was done to help the stranded people. I also kind of feel that our country gave New Orleans the cold shoulder and just didn't really care. I mean we are one of the wealthiest nations on earth and nothing could be done to the citizens that were just struck by a devastating hurricane?!?! I am very mad about that. I had no idea that you had to once evacuate your own house. I am sorry but am glad that you got out safely and your house wasn't ruined.
DeleteClaire I had know idea that you had to evacuate from your house. I'm sorry but glad you were safe. I am very embarrassed that we didn't do anything to help them. I really really want to help.
DeletePrior to reading this article and watching the video, I didn't no that much about Hurricane Katrina. I did know that it was a category 5 hurricane and that most of the destruction that it caused took place in the city of New Orleans. I also knew that it was so bad that people couldn't leave where they were so they just had to hope for the best and hope that someone would come and save them. People were stranded for days without food, water, or a home. There was nothing that they could do. I think that Hurricane Katrina was a terrible disaster that pretty much took down all of New Orleans. I mean, imagine how bad it would be to be stranded somewhere with no hope that people are looking for you and at the same time, there is nothing you can do yourself. It would be absolutely terrible to have to go through what the people in New Orleans had to go through. To be honest, I would definitely not move back to New Orleans considering that the city isn't even back up and running yet even when the hurricane struck over 10 years ago. The hurricane was that bad. I wouldn't move back because I would probably be paranoid to death that I wouldn't even want to go even near the city of New Orleans. It's great that Bishop Kelly students go to New Orleans every year to help with the city's development. I hope I get the chance to do the same when I go to high school. Hurricane Katrina was a tragic disaster that left New Orleans in a deep, deep hole.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cal that it would be really hard to live in New Orleans again. I would be super frightened that disaster would strike again. It would be so hard to be stranded with nothing. I can't even imagine it. It is just so awful. I too hope that I will be able to go to New Orleans during my Bishop Kelly years because I really want to help out the city.
DeleteBefore I Read this article, I though hurricane Katrina was just a normal hurricane, but when I read this article, I learned much more. I had no idea what these people had to go through, like taking refuge in a football arena, living on the roofs, starvation and dehydration was part of each day. But know I have learned this, I will always remember this day in American history.
ReplyDeleteBefore watching the video and reading this, I didn't know that much about Hurricane Katrina. I mean I did know that it killed a lot of people and that a lot of people were affected by it. I did know that it was a big storm and caused a lot of damage But I had no ides how awful and traumatic it truly was. I mean everything that somebody had was gone. No home, no pictures, furniture, nothing that you could eat. Everywhere you look, everything is just a big pile of rubble. Basically no sounds or sights of life. Many people were probably wondering how this could be done to them. Then probably, "How can we rebuild everything?" It would be hard and heartbreaking, being stranded, suffering, and seeing what had become of their beautiful city. I feel just awful for all of those people who were stranded there without things that they needed. I feel very bad for them and kind of embarrassed that help couldn't have come faster. I know people wanted to help but I don't want our country to not be able to provide assistance to those who need it and then stick to that reputation. If I were a citizen of New Orleans I don't know what I would do. If I were a citizen I might live there again and I might not. I would definitely go back to help repair the city but it would be really hard to live there again without the fear of this type of thing destroying New Orleans again. I hope that we will continue to recreate this city and that they will feel our prayers.
ReplyDeleteWhat Grace said is totally true. Pretty much everyone was without a home, pictures, furniture, or food. It was so tramatic and awful and devestating. So many people died, and were stranded. I would also at least go back and rebuild if I did not move back. I would not really know if I would move back or not. I would probably be scared that there would be another hurricane. Honesly, I just really do not know what I would do.
DeleteBefore watching this video and reading this passage all that I knew about the hurricane was that they couldn't get out and that help was not given to the people there until days later. I also knew that it killed a lot of people. I think that it was horrible. I think that if new orleans was a wealthier place then help would have come faster. I think that it is offal that some fparts of new orleans a decade later still look like the hurricane happened yesturday. If I were a resadant of new orleans prior to the hurricane I would move back. I think that it shows strength saying I'm back and that you are ready to rebuild and not let the hurricane scare you away.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great Anna that you would move back but I'm just not that brave. You're right a hurricane shouldn't scare you away. I think it's devastating that people were trapped in their home just waiting for help watching dead bodies float around them and listening to the screaming and crying
DeleteI knew very little things about what happened to New Orleans Hurricane. I knew that New Orleans was filled with water because it infrastructure. I also knew that some homes have not been repaired. Finally, I knew that it impacted a lot of people and destroyed lots of homes, and it destroyed anything that crossed its path. I would go back to New Orleans because if I lived there before I bet you I liked it. I would go back because I would be my home. I would also go back because I would feel guilty if I left I would have been not helping or supporting my community. If I had the money to repair my home and some of my communities home I would. Everyone was impacted by this storm I couldn't have controlled the storm. I could only control the way I reacted to it. I would go back to help and inspire others to help.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Marilyn that if I had the money to repair mine, and others homes, I would. I would want to help my community rebuild. I would probably also feel guilty if I left without helping people rebuild their homes, as well as their lives. I think that it would be great that Marilyn would move back, to help the community.I too, knew very little things about the hurricane, other than it was devestating and cost a ton of money.
DeleteI didn't really know a lot about Hurricane Katrina except for that it was in New Orleans, then 1000s of people died and many houses were ruined in this hurricane. My thoughts about the event that I thought it was terrible what happened to all the people's homes and on the amount of people who died. Still many people don't know the effects that happened to hurricane Katrina. I would move back to New Orleans even though what all happened. I would want to try to help my community and do many things like build more houses if I had the money to do it. But you just don't want to leave your home and never come back even though most of it is destroyed. It can be built again. If the community comes back to help. so I would come back and hope to inspire more people to come back. "hi Ron" - Rich Sabala.
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DeleteBefore the blog and the video, I knew that this hurricane was a class five and that it caused major flooding in the city. (I think it's sad) Hurricane Katrina was devastating and I think that if the U.S. government can't fly a few of its millions of helicopters in to help some people who can't even leave their rooftops, then we as a country need to re asses our priorities. I do think that it is good that we sent some helicopters in to help but, people lost their lives waiting for help. Even today people don't know that much about this disaster. I would move back just so I could help those around the state who needed help. If I helped as much as I could, then after that I would move away, but while there was still distress, I would try my best to help.
ReplyDeleteBefore this blog I knew that Katrina was one of the biggest and most destructive hurricanes ever to be recorded. I knew it cost billions of dollars. I think it's devastating that it has been 10 years and New Orleans still has places that look the same. I want to help them but I don't really know how. I also think it's devastating that helicopters didn't come rescue them until 24 hours after the hurricane. I can't believe hundreds of thousands of people died. Sometimes I wonder why God let's those things happen it doesn't make sence to me. I wouldn't move back because it would be too devastating and it would bring back terrible memories. But I would try to help all I can.
ReplyDeletePrior to reading and watching the video all I Knew about hurricane Katrina was that it was an extremely deadly storm that hit new Orleans really hard. my thoughts of that event is that it had a huge impact that was not for the better of new Orleans. If I had lived in new Orleans before hurricane Katrina I would not move back because every thing that I had was destroyed and it could happen again.
ReplyDeletePrior to watching the Time video and reading those paragraphs I did not know much about Hurricane Katrina except that it was devastating. My thoughts on Hurricane Katrina are unexplainable. I feel devastated for the people that were ignored by the helicopters and government. I think the government/ helicopters are basically just watching and letting the people die in front of their eyes. I think a better idea for the government would be to collect the New Orleans population and move them to a safe area among the country. I grieve for the people with loved ones and the people who were ignored. After Hurricane Katrina I wouldn't move back to New Orleans. There is a high chance of another natural disaster like that of happening again and threatening my life, and those I love. Although, I would make an effort to spend volunteer hours in the area to help rebuild the community.
ReplyDeleteI knew Katrina was one the most devastating hurricane in History. I think it is sad that the government and rescue teams couldn't get organized and the people had to resort to looting to have basic necessities. The rescue group spent to much time messing around and not getting organized. If I was a resident I would move back to the city,because as a citizen it would be my responsibilty to help clean up my community.
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ReplyDeleteI didn't really know about Hurricane Katrina before I watched this video. I felt really bad for the people who were suffering and lost their homes because they were too poor to leave. It made me feel sad to think of all the people who died. If I lived in New Orleans before the hurricane, I would move back to help the poor and homeless people. I would do whatever I could do to help in any way I could.
I knew a bit about hurricane Katrina before i watched the video. Most of what I knew was how devastating it was and that it cost a ton to fix stuff up and pay for the damage. I cant believe that places in New Orleans aren't fixed yet. Their are still many places that are completely destroyed. It's sad to hear the government didn't respond in time and many people suffered or died. Now that this has happened, we will have a better understanding on how to manage and help people if this ever happens again which I hope doesn't happen again because it would ruin everything that has already been done. I would have evacuated but i think i would come back to where i lived and rebuild to show that even a huge hurricane can't bring me down.
ReplyDeletePrior to watching this video and reading this article, i honestly really knew nothing about Hurricane Katrina. I really only knew that it was devestating, cost a ton of money, and killed and injuired a ton of people. Honestly, all i can really say about this event is that it was sad. So many people were killed and injured, and it cost so much money. I just absolutley cannot believe that parts of New Orleans still hasn't been fixed. I mean really! It has been ten years since this event, and yet there are still parts of the city that haven't been rebuilt and are still sitting on vacant lots! I also do not get why the government ignored the people who needed help, and instead of being picked up by a helicoptor or a boat, they were just left in their homes to die. No wonder 1800 people died because of this hurricane! These people just watched these helicoptors fly above them doing NOTHING! Absolutley NOTHING! These people should have been treated more fairly, I mean in exchange for being loyal to the government, we are to be protected and helped by our government. But instead these people were IGNORED. IGNORED! I mean, what were they even thinking! They weren't taking care of their own resonsiblity, and left their people to pretty much die. No wonder their population is 80,000 people less than it was from the hurricane! They disobeyed their people. They did. I just don't even know what to say about this. If I were a prior resident before Katrina, I don't know if I would move back. It is very debatable. I would move back to help the community rebuild, and become stronger because of this crisis. I would love to help people basically rebuild their lives. If I were to leave, it would be because I would want to be affected by something like this again. Either way, I would be happy. That wwould probably be what it would all come down to.
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