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A message for Hurricane Florence victims, from Hurricane Katrina

By Quin Hillyer
Published September 12, 2018 3:59pm ET
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A message for Hurricane Florence victims, from Hurricane Katrina
An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood on the east side of New Orleans, La., on Sept. 1, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina passed through the area. (AP Photo/Phil Coale) | PHIL COALE

As Hurricane Florence nears landfall, I hope whatever communities it hits will have people there like a guy in New Orleans who helped his neighbors in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina provided this guy with his proverbial 15 minutes of fame. Most of the fame involved humorous stories.

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