MS Mo 368 Phyllis Genin - Riding Out the Storm, Ext.Ver.

Published: Oct. 8, 2013, 7:22 p.m.

On Friday, August 26th, 2005, Tropical Storm Katrina passed over South Florida and entered the Gulf of Mexico.\xa0 As the storm rapidly strengthened to a category five hurricane, Phyllis Genin of Bay St. Louis, MS began to prepare.\xa0 In this extended version of the radio broadcast, Genin describes how she and her family rode out the storm in a small downtown office building.\xa0 She also expresses the shock that they felt when they were finally able to survey the damages.