Despite the flood, and ceiling-high mold, her pink bungalow on Pauger Street in Gentilly was standing after the storm.

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His parishioners, who mostly live in the Gentilly neighborhood, saw their homes destroyed.

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In the city's Gentilly area, several residents said they, too, were readying themselves in the event Gustav steered toward Louisiana.

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If Gustav floods their Gentilly home, as Katrina did, Troullier said, he'll have to move, despite his love for New Orleans.

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Wind-whipped whitecaps curled over the top of the flood walls near the Claiborne Avenue railroad bridge while others poured across the levee in the Gentilly neighborhood, north of downtown.

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