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Life After Hurricane Katrina
Reader's Digest — Janice Rozetcki points at a withered bush outside her storm-ravaged New Orleans home. "This was my beautiful lemon tree," she says. The house is marked with spray-painted symbols left by search crews, its interior stripped to the studs. In the . ...More…
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Make It Matter: After the Deluge of Hurricane Katrina
Reader's Digest — By Gail Cameron Wescott From Reader's Digest Alice Craft-Kerney watched from her brother's New Orleans house as Hurricane Katrina split trees, broke windows, and swallowed cars, including her own. A few miles away, her best friend, Patricia ...More…
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Rebuilding New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina
Reader's Digest — Volunteers pitched in to renovate Patricia Berryhill's home, located at 5228 St. Claude Avenue, and convert it into a clinic. After Katrina, it was coated, inside and out, with river muck, mold, and mildew. Termites had eaten away some of the floors.More…
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What Causes Stress?
Reader's Digest — From Looking After Your Body Regardless of the cause, stress sets in motion certain automatic changes in the body that are designed to give it a quick burst of energy. The pattern of changes has been called the "fight-or-flight" response because ...More…
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Come Hell and High Water
Reader's Digest — Six days after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast, the American Red Cross had still not reached many who needed them most -- 10,000 residents who stayed behind in New Orleans. Following the storm's landfall on Monday, August 29, ...More…
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A Healing Force
Reader's Digest — It looks okay, thought Regina Benjamin, as she maneuvered her light blue Toyota pickup through the mud-slick streets of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Maybe we missed the worst of it. It was August 30, the day after Hurricane Katrina, and all along the ...More…
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Real-Life Miracles
Reader's Digest — The alarm goes off at 4:30 in the morning. It's dark and cold outside, but Don Royston rolls out of a warm bed without missing a beat. It's the weekend before Thanksgiving and he has an assignment, one that he's handled for the last eight ...More…
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Best New Beginning
Reader's Digest — Into the crowd of displaced people, Ashley Bryan rolls her wheelchair, calling for the youngest ones to join her, offering Hershey's Kisses along with a welcoming smile. "Do you like to draw? Come on with me! We've got paper, crayons, ...More…
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The Lowest of the Low
Reader's Digest — By Michael Crowley From Reader's Digest It was just one of so many Hurricane Katrina horror stories. But it was especially heartbreaking. East Texas relief workers took in a New Orleans man named Ray Johnson, who said his wife and three-year-old ...More…
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The Heroes Rebuilding New Orleans
Reader's Digest — Before the hurricane, when people asked what life was like in New Orleans, I'd reply, "Nothing important happens here except culture." The city teemed with musicians, painters, writers, chefs, and parades. The architectural fabric ran from . ...More…
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How It Works: Sunburn
Reader's Digest — From Reader's Digest It's a little more complicated than a simple heat-and-char process. Immediately after sun exposure, you'll see some pink skin: That comes from dilation of the capillaries in reaction to ultraviolet B rays. "The actual ...More…