the chalmette area. we begin our look at the parish at chalmette high school. we were a community of 68,000 people. schools, 8800ic students. it was more of a blue-collar, hard-working community, not an entitlement community, people used to working hard and making away for themselves. when the storm hit, we were completely underwater, 100%. there was not a home, school, or building that was inhabitable after the storm. with the entire infrastructure destroyed, we had quite a way to go to provide essential services for our residents. what is the population now compared to katrina -- pre-katrina? doris: some people say a thousand, some people say 15,000. 8000.e people say some people say 15,000. people work on their homes, businesses, maybe then driving back to temporary housing as are trying to ready their own properties. we are seeing people coming back, gutting, renovating different subdivisions, especially those south, closer to the river. people in areas of little more exposed are waiting until they get answers from the local and strengtheight of levees, how

we look at parish from chalmette high school, only one of two schools open in st. bernard parish. >> prior to katrina we were a community of 68,000 people. we had 14 public schools where we had 8800 students. it was more of a blue-collar, hard-working community. not an entitlement community. a group of people who were used to working very hard and making a way for themselves. when the storm hit, we were completely underwater, 100%. every, there was not a home, a school, a church or a building or business that was inhabitable after the storm. so with the entire infrastructure destroyed, we had quite a way to go to at least to provide essential services for our residents. >> what is the population now compared to pre-katrina? >> pre-katrina it was about 68,000. now, it depends. some people say eight to 10,000. some people say 15 to 20,000. i think it is if you're here in the day time, you're somewhere in between those two figures. in the evening, you know a lot of people will come, work on their homes to rebuild. work on their businesses. in the evening maybe driving

first, we travel to the chalmette area. it is the largest population center in the parish. most of the flooding came from local levies and canal walls. we begin our look at the parish at chalmette high school. it is one of only two schools open. there were 14 schools. >> we were a community of 68,000 people. we had 14 public schools, 8800 students. doris: it was more of a blue-collar, hard-working community, not an entitlement community, people used to working hard and making away for themselves. when the storm hit, we were completely underwater, 100%. there was not a home, school, or building that was inhabitable after the storm. with the entire infrastructure destroyed, we had quite a way to go to provide essential services for our residents. narrator: what is the population now compared to pre-katrina? doris: before katrina it was about 68,000. now, some people say 8000. a lot of people will come and work on their homes to rebuild, work on their businesses and drive back to temporary housing in the evening as they are trying to ready their own properties. we are seeing p

first we travel to the chalmette area of the st. bernard parish. moist of the flooding came from over top levee and canal walls and the breach of the industrial canal in the new orleans loyer ninth ward. we look at the pair like from shall -- shall melt high school. one of only four schools opened in st. bernard parish. >> prior to katrina we were community of 68,000 people. we had 14,000 public schools where we had 8800 students. more of a blue-collar, hard-working community. not entitlement community, people used to working very hard and making a way for themselves. when the storm hit, we were completely underwater, 100%. there was not a home, a school, a church or a building or business that was inhabitable after the storm. so with the entire infrastructure destroyed, we had quite a way to go to at least provide essential services for our residents. >> what is the population now compared to pre-katrina? >> pre-katrina it was about 68,000. now, it depends. you know, some people say 8 to 10,000. some people say 15 to 20,000. i think if you're here