AdvertisementA Decade After Flood's Devastation, Love Keeps New Orleans AfloatAugust 29, 2015Gwen ThompkinsfacebookEmailPaul and Lakeya Mazant met in 2007, during Mardi Gras, as New Orleans was reeling from the flooding after Hurricane Katrina. The couple — pictured with their son Paul, 1, and daughter Logan, 5 — say they couldn't imagine falling in love with someone who hadn't experienced the storm. (NPR)