After Katrina: A First-Hand Account

Source: AARP.org | October 18, 2005

New Orleans jazz and blues singer Charmaine Neville stayed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina because she didn't have a car and money. She ended up being trapped in water for five days, but that has not dampened her desire to go back to the town she loves. Neville told Miae Kim her story.

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Additional Resources

How We Survived the Flood, a transcript of an interview Charmaine Neville gave to New Orleans media outlets on Monday, September 5, 2005.