What always strikes me about Katrina is the fact the storm never made landfall in New Orleans. Yet, it left so many lives in peril. This story is a testamente to the resilience of the people of New Orleans.

Oh how history repeats itself. Below is a snippet of a letter from 1965 documenting the turmoil of Hurricane Betsy:

“The mayor said Tennessee Street is fine, but she says not an Negro lives on Tennessee Street. Um, so they didn't get the memo. They weren't told this was happening. ” - RASHIDA FERDINAND