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'I’ll Never Ride Out Another Hurricane': For Katrina Survivor, Harvey Is Deja Vu

Published August 29, 2017 at 12:29 PM CDT
Lorrine Adamore in her car with son Julian. They've lived 12 years in Houston, after leaving New Orleans, by boat, during floods of Katrina. (Bill Zeeble/KERA News)
Lorrine Adamore in her car with son Julian. They've lived 12 years in Houston, after leaving New Orleans, by boat, during floods of Katrina. (Bill Zeeble/KERA News)

Lorrine Adamore is holed up in one of the three shelters the city of Dallas has set up for people fleeing Hurricane Harvey, now a tropical storm. It’s a familiar, and unsettling feeling. Twelve years ago she was rescued by boat when her New Orleans home was swamped by Hurricane Katrina and she relocated to Houston.

Bill Zeeble (@bzeeble) from Here & Now contributor KERA in Dallas has her story.

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