Richard FaussetBAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. Mr. Nelson, a retired commercial fisherman, had been living more than 300 miles west of Bayou La Batre, in the small Louisiana town of Hackberry. “You’re looking at the last person to get out of Hackberry,” Mr. Nelson said, grinning under his cap. There had been a different house on the property before Hurricane Katrina, but Katrina blew it away, along with Ms. Bosarge’s wedding bands and family photos. Ms. Bosarge joked about how she had never learned to swim, and joked that Mr. Nelson was a bad-news hurricane magnet.

Source: New York Times September 15, 2020 10:19 UTC