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Unit five.

Culture.

Hurricane Katrina, a survivor's story.

Exercise one.

One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six people died when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Sixteen-year-old Brian Coates remembers the experience.

Interviewer: What were you doing when the hurricane struck?

Interviewee: I was visiting my grandparents in New Orleans that weekend. We saw the news on TV. Before that, we didn't know anything about the storm.

Interviewer: What about your parents? Were they waiting for you at home?

Interviewee: No, they weren't. They heard the storm was coming and they drove to Texas with my brother Curt. They tried to contact me, but the phones weren't working.

Interviewer: So what did you do?

Interviewee: The water started rising while I was staying at my grandparents' house, so we went to a hotel and climbed up on the roof.

Interviewer: How long were you waiting there?

Interviewee: Five days. Finally, a helicopter took us to the airport. Then we flew to Washington D.C. and they took us to an emergency center. There weren't many people my age, but I made friends when I started school there.

Interviewer: Did you return to New Orleans?

Interviewee: No, I didn't. My family decided to stay in Texas and I moved there three months later. Our house in New Orleans was completely destroyed, and we lost everything. My parents were very sad, but I just feel lucky to be alive.