museums

Hurricane Katrina devastated the entire Southern coastline. For those of us who grew up in hurricane territory this is just apart of life, but Katrina changed that.
Walking into the Presbyter I did not know what to sxpect, I knew that it was the place dedicated to the experiences of the city of New Orleans during katrina; however that experience was so different then the rest of the coast that I did not know how I would feel.
We walked into the lobby of the museum and the ceiling was covered with bottles that held messages, the stage held a destroyed piano.

The video footage and interviews of the survivors brought tears to my eyes. I lived through katrina in Biloxi, I lived through the carnage and the loss of power, the loss of life, the loss of home. I cannot imagine what the people of this great city experienced. I remember the relief when the storm had passed, the look in my parents eyes knowing that we had survived. The people in New Orleans had survived the storm, but the damage to the levees caused by the storm delivered a new hell to these people. The flooding of the river rushed in and destroyed entire families within minutes. For weeks following this disaster these people were trapped in there homes; dying of exposure, infection, and hunger.
This museum depicted the struggle of the citizens, and the hero's that rose through the struggle.