St. Bernard Parish was a thriving and growing community of 67,000 people and 23,000 homes during the Summer of 2005. All was peaceful and grand. One historian called us the most native area in the nation. By that he meant unchanging. That all vanished in an instant August 29, 2005.Hurricane Katrina smashed through the parish taking all with it. Nearly every home, business, school, and pu...