Article 5EZ8X The Katrina survivors who fled devastation only to freeze in Texas

The Katrina survivors who fled devastation only to freeze in Texas

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Jonah Goldman Kay in New Orleans
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In the wake of the 2005 hurricane, many New Orleanians settled in Houston - and nearly two decades later they feel let down by infrastructure failures

Terrence Veal spent the better part of last week without water. After the pipes in his Houston home froze during the winter storm, he and his family quickly ran out of bottled water. Then the pipes burst, collapsing the ceiling and flooding the living room of the apartment he shares with his wife and two children and causing several thousand dollars' worth of damage.

Related: Long road to recovery: effects of devastating winter freeze to haunt Texas for years

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