August 29, 2005, is a day many Americans recall vividly. It marks the day that Hurricane Katrina forever changed the lives and fate of a city with a culture as rich as the land and waters it sits on. That day brought about sentiments of confusion, frustration, anger, strife, disgust, desperation and death.

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Never in the history of the United States have we seen so many people with so many questions and so few answers:

"What's happening?"
"Where am I going to go?"
"How am I going to repair or replace everything?"
"When can I go home"
"What's left after the water recedes"
"WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME?"

Ironically, some of these questions are still unanswered after 5 years.

But being a New Orleans native, I've found a few misconceptions and myths that are associated with Hurricane Katrina and those who were so severely devastated by the storm. Here are some of the more common ones: