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NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune staffers were among those who lost loved ones and homes to Katrina. Here are some 10-word reflections from our newsroom:

One city, under water, indivisible, with grave injustice for all.
Our city drowned. Together, we loved it back to life.
Katrina's devastation. Our resilience. Won't bow down. Don't know how.
House doesn't matter. Possessions don't matter. Only my family matters.
Didn't flood. Survivor guilt passed. Now I count my blessings.
Met my wife in October 2005. No Katrina, no family.
How much flood water? Two feet ... on the second floor.
The Corps destroyed my home; turned out nobody was responsible.
Didn't flood. House crushed by fallen trees. That sucks, too.
I can not remember when I have cried so much.
Silver lining: Mom and Dad finally learned how to text.
Volunteered to gut houses, cried; came here to live, laughed.





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