Images made of Hurricane Katrina before, during and after the storm. Warning: Graphic Content.
August 28, 2005: Louisiana Superdome “Shelter of Last Resort”
Thousands of people wait to get in the Poydras Street entrance to the Louisiana Superdome to ride out Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Sunday. Officials estimate the dome can hold 50-70 thousand people. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A. Nabonne, center, of Uptown New Orleans, lifts the items she will be using to ride out Hurricane Katrina while waiting in line to get inside the Lousiana Superdome in New Orleans Sunday. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
14961 met katrina009 Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. Photo shot on 8/28/05. 
_DSC0037 Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. Photo shot on 8/28/05. Hurricane Karina prep at Louisiana Superdome 
staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon – Chantell McGee, 5, of New Orleans, gets into line outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in preperation for Hurricane Katrina Sunday. 
_DSC0102 Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. Photo shot on 8/28/05. Hurricane Karina prep at Louisiana Superdome 
Marion Camp, 77, of Midcity New Orleans, tries to keep her grandson William, 17, comfortable while they wait for more than two hours along with thousands of others for the Louisiana Superdome to open as a shelter in preparation for Hurricane Katrina Sunday. William is autistic and recently underwent surgery. Louisiana National Guard soldiers eventually tended to the couple and let them into the dome ahead of others. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Donshekia Mercadell, 1, rests on the chest of her uncle Kieron Mercadell nside the Hyatt Regency ballroom for guests. shot night before hurricane Katrina hit. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
August 29, 2005. The Day the Storm Hit
New Orleans resident Bruce Dixon, fleeing the approaching winds and rain of Hurricane Katrina by staying at the Hyatt Regency hotel, watches a radar image of the 250-mile-wide storm while inside the hotel’s packed ballroom early Monday, August 29, 2005. Approximately 3,000 guests, along with their pets, were required to leave their rooms to sleep on hard ballroom floors. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
New Orleans firefighters watch as windows shatter inside the Hyatt at 8:35 in the morning on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, along with New Orleans City Councilwomen Cynthia Willard-Lewis, left, Jackie Clarkson, far right, and city Chief Administrative Officer Brenda Hatfield wait for news of the hurricane inside a hallway at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Monday morning. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannonr 
A car is submerged along the highway following the storm on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Karina coverage, the day the storm hit, pictures inside Hyatt and outside CBD and above on I10 at 9th ward with roof extractions. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Outside the Hyatt after the storm passed on August 29, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Karina coverage, the day the storm hit, August 29, 2005. pictures inside Hyatt and outside CBD and above on I10 at 9th ward with roof extractions. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. 
Hurricane Karina victims the day the storm hit, August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Karina victims the day the storm hit, August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims join hands as they stand atop the high ground of a submerged railroad track before being evacuated from their flooded neighborhood in New Orleans August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A man is rescued after cutting his way out of his attic follwing the storm on August 29, 2005 Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims outside their water-filled homes on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Faith Figueroa, 1, her mother Miriam Figueroa. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A body floats below Interstate 10 in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
An injured Hurricane Katrina victim is attended to along I10 on August 29, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A flooded New Orleans at sunset on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
August 30, 2005: Evacuation
Hurricane Katrina victims make their way to the Superdome on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina vicitms bring their relatives to the Superdome on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims charge their cell phones Inside the Superdome on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims wait to be rescued from the 9th Ward on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims wait to be rescued from the 9th Ward on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims wait to be rescued from the 9th Ward on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A baby girl struggles to hang on as she waits to be picked up by National Guard troops in the lower 9th ward. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims wait to be rescued from the 9th Ward by Louisiana National Guard members on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Pastor T. L. Robinson with the Victory Praise Ministries of New Orleans, stares blankly inside an Louisiana National Guard transport truck as he holds on with a slashed wrist and is taken from the lower 9th ward to the Lousiana Superdome Tuesday afternoon. Robinson escaped high waters at his home by sending his wife, Lynn, 41, out a window and onto a floating door, only to be seperated by the hurricane. ‘I hope she’s here, I hope she’s alive,’ The couple have been married four years this month, meeting at his church. ‘Hold onto that door, don’t let go, be strong, Robinson said.’ Lynn replied telling T. L. she was afraid. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A momentary scuffle happens inside a rescue vehicle as Hurricane Katrina victims wait to be rescued from the 9th Ward on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims are rescued from the 9th Ward on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina victim lays out on a cot inside the Superdome on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims make their way to the Superdome on August 30, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A woman and her child are rescued from a flooded 9th Ward on August 30 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Claudia Heinrich, 78, is loaded onto a transport vehicle outside the New Orleans Arena Wednesday. Heinrich and her husband of 59-years Stanley hung on the same tree limb together with leg-numbing water up their their necks outside their 9th ward home, sharing it with racoons and birds, and watching alligators and snakes go by for . The couple, who were recovered Tuesday evening, had minimal injuries. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Louisiana National Guard soldier Kim Willett with the 1087 transportation company out of Jena comforts a baby outside the Lousiana Superdome Tuesday. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
August 31, 2005
Outside the Louisiana Superdome on August 31, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims wait outside the Superdome on August 31, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victiims outside the Superdome on August 31, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Dogs outside the Superdome on August 31, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugee Deloris LeBanks holds her four-day-old son Damion out in the beating sun outside the Louisiana Superdome waiting for evacuation Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Stanley Heinrich, 79, and his wife Claudia, 78, wait to be evacuated out of the New Orleans Arena Wednesday. The couple hung on the same tree limb together with leg-numbing water up their their necks outside their 9th ward home, sharing it with racoons and birds, and watching alligators and snakes go by for . The couple, who were recovered Tuesday evening, had minimal injuries. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Samuel Thompson, 34, of Charleston, S.C. is lost in his music as he plays a Bach piece inside the New Orleans Arena Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Thompson was stranded with his insrument during Hurricane Katrina and decided to play for refugees inside the Louisiana Superdome and New Orleans Arena. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Samuel Thompson, 34, of Charleston, South Carolina, gets a hug after playing his music inside the New Orleans arena Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Thompson was stranded during the hurricane and also played for refugees inside the Louisiana Superdome. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 1, 2005
A woman and her children wander the streets of New Orleans begging for information about where to go to get out of the city on September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina evacuees surround the outer concourse of the Lousiana Superdome September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, evacuees were walked through the lower level of the Hyatt Hotel to awaiting air-conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Louisiana State Police stand at the ready inside the New Orleans Centre shopping mall on September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A New Orleans Police Department employee tries to calm a massive crowd of Hurricane Katrina refugees waiting outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air–conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina evacuee lies dying outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Fellow evacuees came to her aid, one attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before praying over her with his rosary. A Louisiana State Police officer picked her up and away for help, only to have her die moments later. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina refugee tries to comfort his heat-stricken wife outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugees standing outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air-conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A man searches for his wife in a sea of people outside the Superdome prior to getting on busses on September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina refugee breaks down in front of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans as she waits to for a bus ride Thursday, September 1, 2005 . Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air–conditioned buses. Advocate Staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims outside the Superdome on September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina evacuee collapses while waiting to board evacuation buses in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina refugee shouts for his wife in a crowd of people standing outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air–conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugees standing outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air-conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugees struggle through the New Orleans Center shopping plaza to an awaiting chartered bus outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans Thursday, September 1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air–conditioned buses. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina evacuees work their way to awaiting air-conditioned chartered buses after spending days inside the Louisiana Superdome following the storm. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina evaucees wade through murky water to awaiting chartered buses outside the Hyatt Regency New Orleans hotel Thursday, September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victim Taphina Jefferson, 28, single mother of seven children, carries Mariah, 2, and Terrence, 1, through murky water to an awaiting chartered bus outside the Hyatt Regency New Orleans hotel Thursday, September 1, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 2, 2005
A building erupts in flames in the Central Business District of New Orleans on September 2, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Kenneth Clark kisses his sister Dana Clark, 42, as she sits dehydrated outside Mulates restaurant near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Friday, September 2, 2005. Helping Clark is her mother, Willie May Clark, right. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Mitchell Chase, right, and his wife Gloria wheel Mitchell’s mother Erma, 82, to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Friday, September 2, 2005. The three fled the flooded Mid-City area of New Orleans ,approximately four miles away – to find refuge in the overcrowded convention center. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A mother with her chidlren outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Clarence Horton, 72, preaches to two fellow Hurricane Katrina refugees outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Friday. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Herbert Toney, left, and Derrick Wilson, both from the New Orleans 9th Ward, bring a hotel mattress and box springs past the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Friday, September 2, 2005. The two were going to set the bed up across the street for children to sleep on in the hot sun. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugees sit in sweltering heat outside the Ernest L. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Friday. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Clifton Oxley, 83, gets a much needed drink of water from a stranger outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Friday, September 2, 2005. Thousands of evacuees gathered outside the center waiting for the army to arrive with food and water. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A women combs the hair of the elderly outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Police officers walk toward the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugee D.J. Kelly of east New Orleans waves the American flag as National Guard troops march past him outside the Ernest L. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Friday. Kelly said he found the flag in dirt and washed it off. ‘We ain’t throwin’ away no flag’, Kelly said. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Soldiers stage near the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Lieutenant General Russell Honore makes his way past the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugee D.J. Kelly of east New Orleans waves the American flag as National Guard troops march past him outside the Ernest L. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Friday. Kelly said he found the flag in dirt and washed it off. ‘We ain’t throwin’ away no flag’, Kelly said. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Evacuees clean up trash around the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Evacuees rejoice as they see soldiers approach outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Evacuees rejoice as they see soldiers approach outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A man voices his frustration to a Air Force security policeman outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A Hurricane Katrina victim pleads with New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass, center, as N.O.P.D. police spokesman Marlon Defillo, left, looks on outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Friday, September 2, 2005. The man wanted to know when buses would be coming to evacuate thousands of residents from the center. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
_DSC0464 Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. Photo shot on 9/2/05. continuing coverage of hurricane katrina including feeding and watering at Morial Convention Center. 
A woman rolls a fellow refugee outside the Riverwalk and convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A body sits in a wheelchair below a blanket outside the convention center on September 2, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 3, 2005
A Hurricane Katrina refugee lies dead in the street outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Saturday. Fellow refugees claimed he was shot once in the head while jumping out in front of a police vehicle late Friday night. Advocate Staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon – James Clark of Mantila, Calif. inspects the bodies of two Hurricane Katrina refugees he found dead inside a dark employees-only entrance to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans Saturday. Refugees had been stanted at the center for days after the hurricane hit without any supplies of food or water. 
People scramble for food outside the convention center on September 3, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims evacuate the Ernest Morial Convention Center on September 3, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
What remains of a building in the Central Business District of New Orleans on September 3, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina refugees who have been living at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans since the hurricane struck, cool off from the heat in the Marriott Hotel’s swimming pool across from the center Saturday, September 3, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 4, 2005
The aftermath of looting in downtown New Orleans on September 4, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon. 
Jerry Dunham of Kenner throws bottles of water to stranded 9th Ward residents from atop Interstate 10 Sunday, September 4, 2005. Helicopter retrieval efforts began Sunday near the Elysian Fields exit on the interstate. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Keith Woodfork, left, of the New Orleans’ 9th ward, helps Edward, a former Marine also from the 9th ward, with his shoes during a rescue operation along Interstate 10 at Elysian Fields Sunday. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Interstate 10 at Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans is turned into a makeshift helipad for over an hour as Hurricane Katrina evacuees are airlifted to safety, Sunday, September 4, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 7, 2005
Hurricane Katrina aftermath in the lower 9th Ward of New Olrean on September 7, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Kellie Carstenn carries a soaked and moldy rug out of her parents home on Kawanee Street in Metairie Wednesday, September 7, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A dog waits to be rescued in Metairie on September 7, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A dog is rescued in Metairie on September 7, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
September 8, 2005
Workers run from beneath from a hovering helicopter after hooking 500-pound sandbags onto it along the lakefront in New Orleans Thursday, September 8, 2005. The sandbags are being used to fill three breaches in the 17th street canal. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Workers run from beneath a hovering helicopter after hooking 500-pound sandbags onto it along the lakefront in New Orleans Thursday, September 8, 2005. The sandbags are being used to fill three breaches in the 17th street canal. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Benny Alvalions, III, watches from atop the levee along the lakefront as military helicopters pick up sand bags to fill two breaches in the 17th Street canal in New Orleans Thursday, September 8, 2005. Alvalions stayed through the hurricane. ‘I will never do that again, that was very stupid. First time I prayed by myself in 20 years,’ he said. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
November 4, 2005
The Sea Falcon sits along Highway 1 in Empire, Louisiana on November 4, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Shrimp boats corraled by Hurricane Katrina lie stacked against Highway 23 in Empire on Friday, November 4, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Anthony Perrin, a foreman with Kostmayer Construction, Inc., marine salvage company out of Belle Chasse, helps guide what remains of a 46-foot fiberglass shrimp boat off a barge and onto shore next to the parish slip in Empire Friday, November 4, 2005. Perrin and his fellow crew have had only one Sunday off since Hurricane Katrina struck, pulling boats out of the waters around Empire seven days a week, 12 hours a day, and averaging only 4 and 1/2 hours a sleep a night. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Paula Johnson, 55, of Empire shows her disgust and sadness after she raked up a milk crate-full of family photographs and the elementary school books she kept for her only daughter. ‘It was so stupid. Ya don’t think you’re gonna have anything this bad (Hurricane Katrina) so you don’t take anything.’ Johnson, a former Avon representative whose three-bedroom house was moved 15-feet and is now tangled up in the trees behind her, is above all else looking for her father’s Bronze Star. ‘If I could find that I would be very happy,’ she said on November 4, 2005. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Paula Johnson, 55, of Empire flips through a milk crate-full of family photographs and the elementary school books she kept for her only daughter. ‘It was so stupid. Ya don’t think you’re gonna have anything this bad (Hurricane Katrina) so you don’t take anything.’ Johnson, a former Avon representative whose three-bedroom house was moved 15-feet and is now tangled up in the trees behind her, is above all else looking for her father’s Bronze Star. ‘If I could find that I would be very happy,’ she said. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
December 2005
New Orleans 9th Ward Hurricane Katrina destruction on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Ninth Ward destruction on December 22, 2005. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina aftermath in New Orleans’ 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina aftermath in New Orleans’ 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina aftermath in New Orleans’ 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A family’s Polaroid photographs sit in the sun to dry in the 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina aftermath in New Orleans’ 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A car is crushed by an uprooted home in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon on December 26, 2005. 
A shed behind the home at 2526 Tenneesee Street, center, in New Orleans’ 9th Ward was a polling station for neighborhood residents before Hurricane Katrina tore through the area in August. Advocate staff photo, December 15, 2005, by Richard Alan Hannon 
A waterlogged teddy bear rests on a fence in the 9th Ward on December 26, 2005. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Holiday cheer finds its way into New Orleans’ Ninth Ward on December 26, 2005 following Hurricane Katrina in August. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon
2006
South Georgia Search Dogs Inc. team member Wesley Basey, along with his cadaver dog Dachs, seaches for bodies through the New Orleans’ 9th Ward. Together with his wife Brigitte and her dog Minka, the pair teamed up Friday, March 3, 2006 with members of the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish fire departments, seaching through homes where residents are still reported missing since Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
University of Iowa law school student Erik Axelson pauses outside a New Orleans East home as the putrid smell of a refrigerator he and his fellow students pushed down a driveway hits him after it accidently opened Wednesday, March 16, 2006. The law school sent 28 of their students to work during their spring breaks to gut homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
University of Iowa law school student Dan Feltes pours out a bottle of bleach he found in the utility room of a New Orleans East home to try and combat the stench of mold and rotten food Wednesday, March 16, 2006. Feltes and his fellow law school students tore the interior of the house down to its studs, leaving only the ceiling which was free of mold. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Former New Orleans East resident and Hurricane Katrina evacuee Matella Mosby wipes dirt off her husband’s ashes at her destroyed Stemway Drive home Wednesday, January 11, 2006. Mosby stayed with her daughter in Brooklyn, NY following the hurricane but didn’t want to leave Louisiana and plans to come back to her home for good, currently staying off Elysian Fields Ave. ‘He just stayed here like he’s been watching the house,’ Mosby said as she brushed the box containing her husband’s ashes. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Religious paintings, including the Last Supper, left, sit out to dry August 12, 2006 on a mud-encrusted 9th Ward home porch following Hurricane Katrina. A spray-painted X-code, is visible, top right. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
An uprooted home swallows a truck in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon on June 25, 2006 
A home in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward is totally gutted by flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A chandelier is all that remains of a gutted home in New Orleans Ninth Ward . Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Wildflowers bloom among the ruins of a 9th Ward home on June 25, 2006. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Ruined clothing inside a 9th Ward home closet on June 25, 2006. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A discarded painting along the streets of New Orleans on June 25, 2006. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward are still in shambles as storm clouds brew overhead June 25, 2006. Photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Members of C3/Hands off Iberville, the Forest Park Tenants Association, CAWI of Baton Rouge, and area residents march up North Claiborne Ave. out of the Lower Ninth Ward during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. march in New Orleans Monday, January 16, 2006. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Members of C3/Hands off Iberville, the Forest Park Tenants Association, CAWI of Baton Rouge, and area residents march up North Claiborne Ave. out of the Lower Ninth Ward during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. march in New Orleans Monday, January 16, 2006. The group staged their march on the traditional route, while the city’s Mayor Ray Nagin marched with others in another parade. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
The Rev. Jesse Jackson joins hands with members of the Elm Grove Garden Road FEMA trailer park in prayer during a brief stop in Baton Rouge Monday, March 6, 2006. Jacskon was there with Lousiana State Senator Cleo Fields and Fields’ Louisiana Leadership Institute passing around voter registration forms to unregistered park members. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Residents in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward during a march commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Former Lower 9th Ward resident Valarie Schexnayder, 60, pauses against the new Industrial Canal levee wall Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Now living in the Bywater, her house floated down her street during Hurricane Katrina one year ago. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Calvin Alexander, Jr. speaks his mind to members of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission meeting after members of the commission presented their plan for redevelopment at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans Wednesday, January 11, 2006. Vanessa Adams of New Orleans looks on at left. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Howard Sherman, left, a rodbuster with Boh Brothers Construction, Inc., helps to construct a two-foot-thick concrete wall along a 2,700-foot breach along the levee holding back the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in New Orleans East Tuesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a media open house to highlight their progress since Hurricane Katrina. Advocate photo by Richard Alan Hannon
2007
Images of New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo shot on August 16, 2007 by Richard Alan Hannon 
Images of New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo shot on August 16, 2007 by Richard Alan Hannon 
A second line marches through the French Quarter of New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005. Advocate staff photo on August 17, 2007 by Richard Alan Hannon
2008
Under the director of their instructor Greer Mendy, right, Sierra Spears, left, and Ariel Perkins rehearse their routine Wednesday, August 20, 2008, for this year’s Hurricane Katrina 3rd anniversary where they are to perform modern, liturgical and classic dance in New Orleans Jackson Square. The trio practices inside a temporary dance studio still marked with its search and rescue markings, a symbol which many in the city choose to leave up. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Demond Peters with his daughter Jezharie Peters, Ricky Gettridge, Lower 9th Ward village director Ward “Mack” McClendon and others march down Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward Friday during a jazz funeral around their neighborhood to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the city. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
New Orleans Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis, whose constituents live in the city’s Ninth Ward, throws a wreath off the Clairborne Street Bridge above the Industrial Canal in New Orleans Friday, August 29, 2008, marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
2010: 10-Year Anniversary
New Orleans 9th Ward resident Oliver Fletcher walks along the Claiborne Avenue bridge above the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Fletcher evacuated to West Virginia following the storm before moving to Mississippi. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
A woman holds a sign honoring victims in front of the concrete floodwall holding back the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Mourners gather in front of the concrete floodwall holding back the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate saff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims perform a cleansing in front of the concrete floodwall holding back the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Mourners reflect on those lost during Hurricane Katrina in front of the concrete floodwall holding back the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
New Orleans East resident Tank Ball, left, participates in a ‘head cleansing’ by Zion Trinity student Andaiye Alimayu along the flood wall to the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon 
Hurricane Katrina victims embrace in front of the concrete floodwall holding back the Industrial Canal in New Orleans’ 9th Ward Sunday, August 29, 2010 during the 5th year anniversary ceremony of Hurricane Katrina. Advocate staff photo by Richard Alan Hannon
Read more about my time spent covering the storm in my blog post.
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