In Katrina's Wake: Healthcare Crises in New Orleans: Dr. Joseph L. "Joel" Andrews Spent Two Weeks in the New Orleans Area in December 2005 As a Physician Volunteer for the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Programs. Three Months After the Hurricane had Hit, He Witnessed Firsthand the Storm's Devastating Effects on Residents in the City's Various Communities‪.‬

MY FIRST NEW ORLEANS HOUSE CALL is one I will certainly never forget. I was working in the Red Cross office in Metairie when I received an urgent request to help evaluate a very agitated man in Mid City. I left the office immediately and drove south on Interstate 10 to North Carrollton Street. I met Arlo, a retired psychologist and Red Cross volunteer mental health worker from California, in the parking lot of an abandoned Burger King. Arlo had visited a client, Floyd S., the previous day at the request of a Red Cross emergency crew. Floyd had told the crew that he would die if he didn't receive his medications soon. Arlo had found him in an extremely frantic state, with probable diagnoses of schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorder, and hypertension, along with other medical conditions.