August 29, 2005
Last
days in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
August 30, 2005
Fleeing
Katrina
August 30, 2005
First
news from home
August 31, 2005
The
Bossier City blues
September 1, 2005
Raisin
Bran and gypsies
September 1, 2005
Back to school?
September 2, 2005
Wine and celebration
September 3, 2005
Just darkness and the cry of a million crickets
September 3, 2005
Let me go home
September 6, 2005
Out of place in a new school
September 8, 2005
Sleepless
in Natchitoches
September 13, 2005
Hitting
the road, again
September 16, 2005
Guilt
and doubt
September 17, 2005
Going
home
Going
home (dial-up version)
October 23, 2005
Katrina tossed us into a snow globe
October 30, 2005
A sweet
reunion
November 4, 2005
Music provides escape
November 6, 2005
Tired, stressed and homeless
November 23, 2005
Happiness and snow
November 25, 2005
Giving thanks for good friends
Dec. 7, 2005
A long-awaited, post-Katrina class reunion
Dec. 12, 2005
Burn Book scorches the soul
Dec. 13, 2005
Old books and soothing words
Dec. 18, 2005
Ready or not, here comes Christmas
Dec. 26, 2005
Christmas cheer in a FEMA camper
March 13, 2006
Mix of
flavors makes New Orleans great
May 5, 2006
On the
last day of high school
May 14, 2006
A pink
dress at the prom
May 25, 2006
Graduation after a year on the road
July 3, 2006
Lost
freedom on the Fourth of July
August 29, 2006
One
year since Katrina: A journey of hope and strength
December 25, 2006
Christmas in the
parish
Dreams and memories in St. Bernard Parish
June 10, 2007
We're gonna be
just fine
February 13, 2008

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Samantha Perez, in her pretty
pink dress, in better times |
Samantha Perez |
Hurricane Katrina - NASA photo |
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Links to printed Hurricane
Journal pages, in PDF format:
September
9, 2005
September
10, 2005
September
23, 2005
September
24, 2005
October 6, 2005
October
7, 2005
Nov.
10, 2005
Nov.
16, 2005
Dec.
17, 2005 (not available yet)
Dec.
23, 2005
Dec.
24, 2005
Dec.
30, 2005
March 23, 2006
Thirteen issues of The Tattoo have
featured the first 26 entries from Samantha Perez's journal. |
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By Michel Lee / The Tattoo
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A temporary home. |
Brent Altemus/The Tattoo
Hannan seniors, from left, Jennifer Shockley,
Samantha Perez and Leanne Kahrs
By Michel Lee/ The Tattoo |

St. Bernard Parish, 2006 |
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