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Katrina Returnees Tackle Refrigerator Cleanup

NPR | By Cynthia Johnston

Published October 6, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

A common sight in New Orleans neighborhoods where evacuees have returned: refrigerators wrapped tightly in layers of duct tape, to make sure the foul secrets inside will never be revealed to the world.

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