Hurricane Katrina made its first landfall in southeast Louisiana at approximately 5:10 a.m. MT/6:10 a.m. CT, Aug. 29, 2005. By 9 a.m., a levee was breached, and water began pouring into eastern New Orleans. Thousands of people were trapped on rooftops and in attics.
On Aug. 31, Texas Gov. Rick Perry opens the Houston Astrodome for evacuees coming from the New Orleans Superdome.
On Sept. 3, El Paso’s Judson F. Williams Convention Center became home to 435 Hurricane Katrina evacuees…