Surviving Hurricane Katrina

Anthony Gatt was a member of the Maltamedia news team before leaving for New Orleans two weeks ago to attend the fall semester at Tulane University. His plans to study there were abruptly dropped since the Fall semester was cancelled by his host university. Anthony Gatt started a blog last July and it is a pity that he has not been able to use it as a platform to share his experiences. It would have added a whole new dimension to the Maltese blogosphere. Toni Sant made amends for this lost opportunity by reproducing in his blog an account sent to him by Anthony who had already posted these initial comments. According to Anthony, the Tulane campus was not severely hit and he was able to travel safely to Dallas, Texas via Missisippi. Toni Sant has been blogging about Hurricane Katrina which has killed thousands and is the largest natural disaster in the modern history of the United States. From Toni Sant's blog:

A few days ago I shared my thoughts on Hurricane Katrina and the situation in New Orleans with my blog readers. Among other things, I expressed concern for our friend Anthony Gatt. Thanks to comments he posted on this blog, we heard that he's OK, even if a little shaken by the experience.

As the sadness of the horrible situation on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico continues to unfold, I'd like to share an email Anthony sent to the MaltaMedia News team yesterday evening. I am reproducing the text of his email exactly as he sent it not to show Anthony as a sloppy writer, but to preserve the angst of this young Maltese man in this unusual situation. His account is the only relevant Maltese perspective on this major disaster.

There may be other Maltese people who experienced Katrina first hand, but so far we have neither heard from or of them.The text is written partly as an eyewitness account, partly as a news report, and mostly as a personal account of someone overwhelmed by his current situation...

More about Anthony Gatt's story from The Dallas Morning News (Texas) and The Shreveport Times (NW Louisiana) - via Toni Sant's blog

Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia