Meet Pamela Lichele-Lewis. She is a Navy veteran who served her country in Operation Desert Storm. Pamela lived in the greater New Orleans area and worked as a logistical engineer on naval airplanes before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
Katrina’s severe winds removed the entire roof of Pamela’s home, and the subsequent and excessive rain unearthed the foundation of her apartment complex, making it uninhabitable.
Twenty months later, the storm’s aftermath has forced her into homelessness and unemployment.
She spends her nights sleeping on the backseat of her two-door Ford Explorer. She has one blanket and one pillow. And that’s all. Everything she owns rests in the trunk of her truck.
