Wherever we are, in all of our houses, we sing 'Queen of the Waves' in honor of the children, the sisters and all of those who faced the great tragedy known as the 1900 storm.

Since the property was in between the gulf and the bayou, they thought it would be safe from the yellow fever epidemic.

One in particular was called 'Queen of the Waves' and this was a hymn traditionally sung by French fishermen during storms.

More affordable houses seem to have younger children and the more expensive houses have the older children.

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.

The children who were standing around the houses were shaking with fear, and groups of policemen stormed around them with horses and batons. Stones were occasionally thrown. I saw policemen hurling stones at the people who blockaded themselves on the rooftops and yelling at them.