Hurricane Katrina — After the Storm

Of course, there were a few survivors.

“Some shops were not hit at all; some weren’t hit that bad; some were hit but didn’t want to quit,” Chalifoux adds. “Many merged: Two, three businesses operating as one, starting over as a new company.”

Mpress is a good example. It’s the merged operation of three printing businesses: Monahan, Metairie and Franklin Southland. All were New Orleans printers impacted by the storm.