This account puts you on a New Orleans overpass for days with hundreds of other stranded evacuees, hot, thirsty, and hungry, with no idea when relief will come. Our companions are thousands of prisoners being moved by boat and bus, watched by deputies and helicopters. Our next stop is in crushing crowds at the Superdome waiting for a bus out of the city into the unknown.
Mary Gehman helps you meet the varied characters thrown together in this incredible week-long ordeal, in Surviving Hurricane Katrina. Travel with her through evacuation to Dallas, Texas and reunion with her family in Jackson, Mississippi. In "Six Months Since Hurricane Katrina" she takes us back to New Orleans to pick up the pieces and figure out what to do next. Mary provides a photo gallery illustrating the first week and what she found on her return.
Nine to ten months after the hurricane and flood reality sets in and life altering decisions have to be made. In short takes, Mary leads us through the highs and lows of survival and what it means to "move on". Her observations and insights are poignant yet hopeful. See Journal-2006.pdf.
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Neighbor Jane rescued by boat |
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View of neighborhood from Mary's balcony: |
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Mary's House during and after the flood, 8/30/05 and 10/2/05 |
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| Dining room table |
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| Dining room buffet |
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| Kitchen - note the fridge has toppled face down on the right |
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| Front entrance with flood lines, and rescuer signs, including "dog not found" | Back yard with deck that detached from house | Library after the flood |
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| Sunburned Mary stranded on overpass, 2nd day |
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| View down Broad St. toward Tulane Ave. Inmates from Parish Prison being evacuated. |
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| Family group with tent of sheets to protect two infants |
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| Homeless woman who alternately cursed and prayed. |