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"We evacuated the day of the hurricane and couldn't take all of the pets. We lost the yellow lab, along with one of the cats...Everything's destrroyed and we're just going to have to decide how to put parts of our lives back together. Eldon Silva and his daughters Mary, left, 13, and Adele, 15 lost a dog, cat, and their entire home in St. Bernard's Parish to the floods following Hurricane Katrina, and now are living in Georgia until they know what's next. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005.