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As a natural and social disaster, Hurricane Katrina has changed how we view disaster experiences from a social, environmental, and demographic perspective. While much literature has concentrated upon descriptive population changes in the wake of the disaster, less attention has been directed toward how certain population characteristics have affected some Katrina evacuee’s ability to recover in the...