3. Displaced by a Hurricane
When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the dangerous storm forced a lot of New Orleans residents to leave their homes and evacuate the city. Months later, many of those people were living out of motels and hotels across the country.
Approximately 2,000 people traveled to New York, where they booked a place to live. Beneta Davis was among them, and she had her whole family of eight with her. Although they spent several weeks at a dull motel, they were happy to find a temporary place to stay.
Even so, Davis and her family were concerned about how to spend holidays in their weird, temporary surroundings. “I guess we’ll have a piece of pizza, go to the parade, or something. We barely have any money left,” she said. “I always cooked a big Thanksgiving supper.”
