Doctoring Through Katrina
Dedicated to All the People Who Suffered During a Natural Disaster
Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2458-2459.
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INTRODUCTION
What a beautiful evening. It seems unlikely that such mayhem should come tomorrow. Let’s put the children to bed and we’ll decide in the morning what to do.
We fastened the latches on the shutters and went to lie down for a restless night. That was the last time we saw our house intact. At 4 AM the next morning I woke up and every television anchorperson warned loud and clear of the severe danger that was approaching New Orleans, a dangerous hurricane named Katrina. I woke up my wife and in great haste we packed essential clothing (after all, we would be gone for just a few days), a few snacks and drinks, and drove out of town with our children in a long procession of cars. The highway flow had been reversed the night before so that all lanes flowed out of town. A great sense of desolation . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Paolo Raggi, MD;
Jennifer Raggi, MEd
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