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When the Wind Turned (2)

A Katrina Family Story / Chapter Two

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Ashley Rovira
Dec 10, 2025
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Previously on When the Wind Turned:

Francine (Frankie) Lemoine-Rosenfeld walked through her ruined home on August 30, the walls still holding the shape of the life she’d lived inside them.

Flashbacks pulled her back to August 28 — red beans on the stove, anxious glances toward a strange sky, the kids whispering fears to each other on AIM—AOL Instant Messenger.

A family sensing the wind was about to turn.

Catch up with Chapter One →

WHEN THE WIND TURNED

WHEN THE WIND TURNED

Ashley Rovira and Griffin Wells
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December 3, 2025
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Chapter Two

Scrubbing In

August 29, 2005 — The Day Before the Levee Failures

JEREMY J. ROSENFELD, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Department of Surgery

Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans

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