NOLA resident Valerie Schexneyder has lived in her home on Reanes St. in 9th Ward since 1969, survived Hurricane Betsy. She drinks her morning coffee next to her rebuilt home. The old one washed down the street after the levee break after Hurricane Katrina. Her home is the only occupied one on the street. An abandoned house next door is the home to a flock of wild chickens. Kim Pratt Dietrich

NOLA resident Valerie Schexneyder has lived in her home on Reanes St. in 9th Ward since 1969, survived Hurricane Betsy. She drinks her morning coffee next to her rebuilt home. The old one washed down the street after the levee break after Hurricane Katrina. Her home is the only occupied one on the street. An abandoned house next door is the home to a flock of wild chickens. Kim Pratt Dietrich