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Eddie and Denise Nelson, Hurricane Katrina evacuee family living in Texas diaspora.

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina evacuee Eddie Nelson waves to Marlene Tanner, a Houston woman to whom he is talking on his cellphone, so she can see him waiting for her outside of the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. Tanner and her family and friends helped place the family in three FEMA-subsidized apartments in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. Sixteen members of Nelson's extended family moved out of the Reliant Center, where they were living there after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas.

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Eddie & Denise
New Orleans Hurricane Katrina evacuee Eddie Nelson waves to Marlene Tanner, a Houston woman to whom he is talking on his cellphone, so she can see him waiting for her outside of the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. Tanner and her family and friends helped place the family in three FEMA-subsidized apartments in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. Sixteen members of Nelson's extended family moved out of the Reliant Center, where they were living there after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas.