In preparing to post this month’s remembrances of Hurricane Katrina from local musicians and writers, I was looking for a good lead photo. I ran across Folsom, Louisiana artist Rolland Golden’s webpage and saw an image that sort of encapsulated the absolute horror that Katrina rained down on New Orleanians, my family, my friends.

Anyone who went through that time has stories, and I heard many of them, and had some to tell on my own. My criticall...