On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed with devastating and amazing force into the Gulf Coast just east of New Orleans, Louisiana.

With screaming, shrieking 175 MPH winds, Katrina smashed ashore and…
- destroyed houses and buildings,
- turned over cars, trucks and boats,
- swamped Mississippi’s beachfront,
- blew out windows in hospitals, hotels and high-rises in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi,
- submerged entire neighborhoods up to their roof-tops in flood water,
- separated families and loved ones,
- claimed numerous lives,
- and left thousands and thousands homeless.

The dramatic images of Hurricane Katrina are vivid in our minds…
- mind-boggling devastation along the Gulf Coast,
- unforgettable, heart-breaking flooding in New Orleans,
- people on roof-tops holding …