Word: noero
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...Noero asked around, looking for others who were planning to stay put, but the more she talked, the more it became apparent that she should heed Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s plea to evacuate. That evening, she circled the streets in the New Orleans neighborhood of Uptown looking for gas, but the lines were so long that she simply jumped on the interstate to the neighboring parish to get fuel. She cruised the banks, trying one empty ATM after another before finally finding cash...
...town with six friends, driving to Memphis to stay with one of their families. It was supposed to be a “hurricane vacation,” a chance to get out of New Orleans while yet another storm drove past the city. Last September, for Hurricane Ivan, Noero rode with some frat buddies all the way to Houston, where they went to concerts and bars as if they had planned the trip all along...
...first, Katrina was no different. But the storm descended ferociously on August 29, and by that evening, the mood had altogether changed. Noero went out to the Tennessee bars to meet with other friends, not to drink but to regroup—assess the damage. They were quiet...
...next day, as flooding and lawlessness took over her city, Noero got in the car with one friend and drove to her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. She was still considering simply skipping the semester, but when she realized that all her friends were applying for visiting status at other universities, she decided to follow suit...
...Noero wanted to come to Boston to be with friends—many would end up at Boston University, Tufts, or Babson. So she started putting together the best application she could. It was impossible to get in touch with Tulane professors, so she got recommendations from a friend of the family and two high school teachers...