A long road from New Orleans to Chicago for displaced Katrina victims

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2005

CHICAGO (AFP) — The road from New Orleans to Chicago has been a long one for bartenders Webb Rhodes and Fritz Voght.

Two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their city and destroyed their way of life, the longtime friends are still scrambling to find work and a place to live. It hasn't been easy.

"We only have seven dollars and we need 10 to get a phone card to make some calls," said Voght, 41, explaining that they had run through their savings buying necessities like food, clothing and camping gear for their long journey north.

"We're used to having cash on hand -- not enough to buy a color TV, but enough to go get something to eat, have a drink after work," he said.

Now, they have joined the thousands of displaced Katrina victims who remain...