About 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2008, we felt the oncoming typhoon named Frank. We missed the update of tracking the typhoon, thinking all the while that it crossed the country on Saturday... Read more >>

Aspiring rap artist Kim Roberts and her streetwise husband, Scott, show what survival is all about when they are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters and seize a chance for a new beginning. Watch this video >>

Co- director Tia Lessin talks about Trouble the Water, a documentary about rap artist Kim Roberts and her streetwise husband Scott who—while trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters—seized the… Read more >>

Illuminated by glow of candlelight, written amidst the onslaught of Hurricane Ike—early morning hours of 09/13/2008. Banshees shrill, clawing and tearing to get in. Hurricane gusts beat and... Read more >>

The recent flood waters in Bangladesh that submerged more than half the country are now receding from homes and roads. However, water still stands on fields and the humanitarian situation remains... Read more >>

My hometown is New Orleans, LA, where I was born. Yes, I would love to go back to my hometown. I’ve never been through a hurricane before. I now reside in Florida, a place I don’t want to... Read more >>

From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars govern a life.  —Sylvia Plath: ‘Words’ Stunned, smacked face up in a grey monoxide sky   gasping to no purpose, lungs... Read more >>

 “Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, to renew old memories.” —Lyrics by Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer... Read more >>