Hurricanes and Filipinos in Louisiana

Filipino Librarian writes “A Filipina librarian has made it to the front page of the newspaper with the widest circulation in the Philippines. It’s quite sad, however, because in “History of ‘Manilamen’ of New Orleans lost to ‘Katrina'” by Frank Cimatu (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 September 2005), Marina Espina is said to have lost not just her house, but also 40 years of materials that she collected on Filipino-American history. More…”