Sparks guard remembers Hurricane Katrina
As the NBA prepares to travel to New Orleans for All-Star Weekend, WNBA.com sat down with Los Angeles Sparks guard and Louisiana native Temeka Johnson to talk about her memories of Hurricane Katrina and how her family was affected.
“I was in Washington, D.C., sitting in my living room watching it unfold on TV… saying ‘Wow, that’s my city.’ Phone lines were down. My cell phone was even down because I had a 504 area code.”
But Johnson’s story ended more happily than most. “I was finally able to get in touch with my brother over my phone’s walkie-talkie, and he told me that everyone had gotten out OK.”
“It was a tough time,” says Johnson with a touch of obviousness, “but I was just happy to find out that my family was OK. The other stuff didn’t really matter. You can replace physical things and belongings. You can’t replace memories. But my family was OK. And that was the most important thing.”
While it’s your standard fare as far as Katrina post-coverage goes, it’s still a good insight into how one person’s family — about 50 people according to Johnson — were forced to evacuate the area as the storm bore down on the Gulf Coast.
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