Hey, it's Anna. We changed our plans for debt, sex, and money this week as we watched the slow-moving

storm Pummel the Gulf Coast. Harvey has made us think about the conversations we had in New Orleans

two years ago for a series about life there around the 10th

anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In those episodes we profiled five people and heard in

detail about how their lives were forever changed by a few days of

rain, wind, and catastrophic floods. We also heard about their collective trauma of

having the home you know suddenly underwater and about the long, long process of rebuilding.

So as we think about Houston and other affected areas this week, we wanted to revisit one of those episodes from 2015.

You'll meet Dr. Kirste Kirtz Burke, who was working at a hospital when Katrina hit.

As you listen, think about the scores of people who are working along the Gulf Coast this week,

trying to help each other in a desperate situation.

For the people that work there, you know, this was part of what our training was and a lot of

people that worked at that hospital.

We were attracted to a kind of chaotic environment.

That's why we were there.

This is death, sex and money in New Orleans. The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot, and need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale.

When the thick summer heat settles over New Orleans, it all comes back to Kirste Kurtzburg.

The body remembers when it gets hot, I tend to have more dreams.

It's hurricane season too, so you know you hear on the news okay and

you're thinking to yourself I got to make sure I have a tank full of gas. I have to have these

things in place in case I need to evacuate. Ten years ago, Kirsta didn't evacuate.

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