A Message from Parish President Kevin Davis

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made its final landfall in St. Tammany Parish.  As Parish President, I had always feared a storm of this magnitude would come on my watch.  Consequently, in partnership with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, the mayors, and all first responders, your government had been planning and drilling for this eventuality.

No planning could fully prepare us for the devastation Katrina wrought.  Nothing, however, makes me prouder than the heroism displayed by first responders and citizens alike.  We fought back and we arose from the winds and flood waters stronger than ever.

On these pages, we are making available some of the raw data from that period in time.  We want to ensure that the story of St. Tammany Parish is permanently recorded. The story section allows residents and those who aided St. Tammany in the aftermath of the storm a chance to tell their accounts in their own words.  It also allows the rest of us who lived through this event the opportunity to read those stories.  A photo section displays pictures from St. Tammany Parish, official media sources, and St. Tammany Parish citizens.  I invite you to read the timeline and submit your photos and stories.

We were in the eye.  We not only survived, we triumphed.

Kevin Davis
Parish President