Katrina Resurrection

resilience, spirit, and volunteers

Gutting in the Upper Ninth Ward.

Eighteen years ago today, Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Central Gulf Coast, with a 40-foot storm surge in some areas. This rush of water destroyed the people of Mississippi. And shoved water into the swamps, lakes, rivers, and canals of metropolitan New Orleans. This wave of water caused levees to fail, houses to flo…