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Childhood Staten Island memories shattered by Hurricane Sandy -- Superstorm dubbed the Katrina of New York by locals (IrishCentral)

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:15:58 PST

Homes and lives destroyed in Staten Island after Hurricane SandyWhen I was younger, if I had a Sunday morning baseball or soccer game, I attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Cedar Grove Avenue in the New Dorp Beach section of Staten Island The church was conveniently located right next to Miller Field, where thousands of kids and parents congregate on weekends for sports, picnics, sunbathing and moreRight now, if you ascend the steps of Our Lady of Lourdes, a landscape of breathtaking devastation unfolds before you Muddy water READ MORE

Hurricane Katrina’s legacy still haunts (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:46:16 PDT

New Orleans' residents in the aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaOn Tuesday, August 23, 2005 a hurricane formed in the Bahamas and pushed its way toward the Gulf of Mexico Very soon it became the third strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the USGaudy, glorious New Orleans was in its path READ MORE

Irish nun recalls Hurricane Katrina savagery in New Orleans (IrishCentral)

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:59:33 PDT

By: ALISON O’RIORDAN

A Belfast nun who spent twenty-seven years as an educator in New Orleans has written a harrowing firsthand account inspired by actual events she witnessed living through the most deadly and costliest hurricane of all time on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.