But a passing motorist who parked his truck in the church's covered driveway to get out of the dangerous weather had a close call when the storm struck.
And this storm came at the end of what some call a lost decade -- because what happened between 2000 and now, it was a decade in which paychecks shrank and jobs barely grew, and the costs of everything from health care to college education went up.
On the call, the President began by thanking the officials for their leadership in the face of this severe storm, and praised the heroism of the emergency response teams leading the efforts.
It includes footage of the area after the storm, when the water receded and he finally had the opportunity to call Dookie and tell her that he -- and the cat -- survived Katrina.
The latest revelations unleashed a political storm that prompted Mr. Cameron a friend of Ms. Brooks to call for new investigations into the paper's reporting tactics, the failures of the police and British media practices in general.