Maegan Prejean

By:Blake Williams


Maegan Prejean, Lake Charles, LA/Sophomore, opened up her home to family members affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Prejean moved to Austin, TX in her freshmen year in high school after being raised in Lake Charles, LA.

After Hurricane Rita Maegan and some of her family were forced to go back due to a death in the family because of the hurricane. “We went back to Lake Charles after Hurricane Rita because my uncle was trapped and his house and died, so we went back to burry him,” she said. Before the hurricanes hit the gulf coast area some of her family members came to stay with her and her parents in Austin because during that time they had a mandatory evacuation but unfortunately some of her family members stayed to ride out the storm since they were accustomed to them already.

After the Hurricane her uncle was trapped in his home. The next-door neighbors had their generator running inside the house and the generator blew up and Maegan’s uncle inhaled all the fumes from the generator. He later on died due to the chemicals that he took in.

Maegan had 30 of her family members living with her and her family for several weeks after Hurricane Rita because their homes were destroyed. Maegan’s cousin still to this day lives in a F.E.M.A trailer after only getting $2,000 for the disaster. Her cousin is still fighting with F.E.M.A today, trying to get everything situated.