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Introduction
by Matthew Sheard
On Wednsday August 24th, 2005 a tropical storm Katrina formed in the Carribean. On Sunday August 28th it strengthened to a Category 5 and New Orleans issued the first-ever mandatory evacuation. Monday morning, August 29th, at 3 a.m., Katrina made landfall at the South-West Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi, in Plaquemines Parish, LA. At 9 a.m. the eye of the storm passed just East of New Orleans flooding most of the city and surrounding Parishes. On Saturday September 24th, Hurricane Rita made landfall in South-East Texas, extending the damage wrought by Katrina. Emergency Communities was one of the many Nonprofits that formed in response.
I don’t know how to relay the magnitude of the devestation. The staggering statistics don’t do it justice. There is no way to picture the hundreds of miles of destruction. There is just no way to quantify the pain that is still felt by so many. But that’s not the story I want to tell anyway. That is the back-drop to the story that I want to tell. I want to tell you a story about the sacrifice and hard-work of the thousands of people that flooded the Gulf after the storm. I want to tell you about the hope that they inspired and the incredible things that they accomplished. I want you to know why I believe that no matter how bad things get you can count on people to reach out and help you. That even in the worst Emergency, Communities will withstand the fray and rise above the chaos of an uncertain world.
These stories were written by volunteers who gave themselves to the recovery efforts that continue to this day.
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