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  • Local priest helps people and their pets find refuge after the storms

    10/25/2005 9:52:34 AM PDT · by green pastures · 8 replies · 293+ views
    The Courier ^ | 10/24/05 | Laura McKnight
    THIBODAUX -- In the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Jim Morrison strolled the Nicholls State University campus looking for a way to help the thousands New Orleans evacuees who sought sanctuary there. Morrison’s walk led to an unplanned effort that helped more than 130 people hang on to the pets they had risked their own safety to keep.