Between Hell and High Water: Survival Stories from Hurricane Katrina--God Was There

Many people were asking "How could God let Katrina happen?" and "Where was God?" as they watched & saw the horror & incomprehensible pictures that were broadcast all over the world last August and September 2005. You will not be able to put this book down. God does indeed allow all things to work together for good, and this book is a prime example. If it were not for Hurricane Katrina, these stories and miracles would never have been told. The Seventh-Day Adventist-owned TV network, Three Angels Broadcasting (3ABN), sent author Brenda Walsh and Dr. Kay Kuzma to the Gulf Coast to tell the stories of those who were survivors of this devastating storm. They were able to capture incredible stories of survival, loss, and the miracles that came after the storm. Examples: **Sherry Helveston and husband stayed in their home in Biloxi, Mississippi, only to flee flood waters by evacuating to Wal-Mart. They re-emerged to find everything they owned destoryed, including Sherry's beloved Bible. Days later, while at a relief station looking for clothes, Sherry dug deep into a box and pulled out a Bible. Inside, Mrs. Helveston found a note from a woman in Tennessee named Sherry, who wrote that the bible belonged to her grandmother, and shared words of comfort. **Former New Orleans Saints player & NOLA native Kevin Young went back to New Orleans from his home in Dallas to care for his mother before Katrina hit. He managed to get her to Charity Hospital, where she died. He was then forced to evacuate to the Superdome, the very building where he had once played pro ball. He tells of the evil and nightmare that was the Superdome during those days. **Audry Brown and her son, Lloyd Johnson, Jr., barely survived the waters that destroyed their home and were forced to take refuge with her ex and his father, Alfred. Stranded on a rooftop with Alfred, his friend, the friend's son, and a few animals, they prayed as never before as they watched 4 twisters head directly towards them in the middle of the worst winds. The twisters changed course at the last possible moment, going around the roof they were on. The tauma of Katrina have made Audry and Alfred reconsider marriage. **Bill Turdury survived the water that totally flooded his Waveland, Miss., home and attic by breathing through a PVC pipe for about 30 minutes, the top of the pipe going through a heating and a/c vent in the roof. **Pat LaFontaine of Bay St. Louis, Miss., was separated from her husband, Tommy, when the storm surge struck. She spent hours clinging to the top of a tree for dear life with many hitch hikers: huge rats clung to her clothes and hair while the storm raged around them. Tommy LaFontaine spent the hours clinging to a tree infested with fire ants. **Jen Colter, also of Bay St. Louis, spent her time clinging to life on a tree, fighting off water moccasins and a bullfrog perched on her head. Jen is petrified of snakes. Each chapter ends with some type of Biblica