Hurricane Katrina Refugees

These are my nephews, Bryce and Cole, who were part of the many "displaced Americas" due to Hurricane Katrina. It wasn't until I was on my way back into the country that I found out about the disaster and then it was a full 24-hours later before I could make contact with my family. They evacuated to Athens, Alabama and then I invited them to stay with me in Atlanta. My mom, dad, sister, 2 nephews, 2 dogs and 1 cat. My sister left to check on her trailer after she heard it was on top of a truck. It took 6ft of water. She has nothing and is currently living in a shelter in Pearl River. My parents are still with me, going on 2 weeks, and will stay until power is restored and they can start to clean up. Their house survived while the houses on either side of them, among many others in Lake Village, have multiple trees on them.

**Update: My parents left this morning upon finding out last night that power had been restored after 2 weeks. Our neighbor reported that our house seems to have fared the best in the neighborhood. My sister reported that the house smelled a little funny but that it was probably due to the rank refridgerator.**