What It's Like to Be a Refugee
By AAN Staff
august 31, 2005 05:57 pm
Michael Tisserand and his family, holed up in leafy Carencro, La.
Shala Carlson
"New Orleans is gone and I can’t say when it will come back," writes Gambit Weekly editor Michael Tisserand, encamped with his family (pictured) at a friend's home near Lafayette. Tisserand describes what it feels like after the floodwaters have washed away your home, your job, and your city, and you don't know whether they're ever coming back.