 Local people tell their incredible stories of hardship, turmoil and incomprehensible survival after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the city of New Orleans on August 29th 2005. Poverty levels in New Orleans contribute to the inability of it s people to flee city safely before the storm hit, leaving them trapped and dying. The path of the hurricane is marked by the incredible flooding that filled buildings, homes and streets, leaving only chaos after the levees broke.