Vernon Poche

Oct 22, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe |Vernon Poche |Paul Siefkin

Next year marks exactly two decades since Hurricane Katrina became one of the country’s greatest natural disasters. Over that time, Paul Siefkin believes the tragedy has become lost to younger generations. “That means that there are high school graduates now for whom that's history. And yet, for people in New Orleans, they talk about it like it was yesterday,” Siefkin tells Pittsburgh City Paper.