I sat back down and poured a glass of wine. I left my door open. The moonlight came in with the sounds of the city: juke boxes, automobiles, curses, dogs barking, radios .. . We were all in it together. We were all in one big shit pot together. There was no escape. We were all going to be flushed away. Charles Bukowski
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With these lines, Truman Capote wrote about the power of unity, the beauty of togetherness and the fragility of life. He was talking about the events that occurred in his hometown, New Orleans. On August 24th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The storm destroyed parts of the city by flooding it completely with water for five days.

A large number of people died during this time because they chose not to leave their homes to seek safety away from the storm. Many others chose to stay inside their homes which were flooded by water and debris.

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