YOUR TAKEYour Take: Katrina and its aftermath 10 years laterNew Orleans residents evacuate the city on Aug. 28, 2005 before Hurricane Katrina hit. "It was just chaos all over; there was this sort of impending doom as we were all forced to leave our lives behind us," Mindy Jarrett says.Mark Jarrett, Your TakeFlood waters in front of In front of Mt. Carmel School on Robert E. Lee Blvd. in New Orleans on Aug. 31, 2005.David Spizale, Your TakeFour weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Mark Jarrett returned to grab essentials to take to Houston. Upon arrival, he saw the city is dismay.Mark Jarrett, Your TakeA home in New Orleans' Lakeview neighborhood stands abandoned In February 2006, six months after Hurricane Katrina hit.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakeA house rests on top of a van in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. Seeing the city six months after Katrina hit, "was a very emotional experience," contributor Jeremy Gilbert says.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakeCars abandoned during Katrina fill a section of highway east of City Park in New Orleans, on Feb. 12, 2006.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakePart of a panorama showing a row of houses completely obliterated. "The only way to know where houses stood is from the positions of the driveways," says Gilbert.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakeJeremy Gilbert says it was common to see cars crushed under homes in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward, where even six months after, he saw the worst of Katrina's destruction.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakeHere, Jeremy Gilbert captured the barge which broke its mooring and smashed through the canal wall, causing the flood of the area, north of the bridge on Claibourne on Feb. 12, 2006.Jeremy Gilbert, Your TakeRichard Andrew Sharum took the only working bus he could find on April 12, 2006, to the parts of the city that were hard to reach and this woman caught his attention. "I wanted to get that communal, unspoken weight of the tragedy that I had seen everywhere, in the body language," Sharum says.Richard Andrew Sharum, Your TakeOn April 14, 2006 a man visited his old home and found that Hurricane Katrina destroyed decades of his family's memories.Richard Andrew Sharum, Your TakeThe rear end of a limo sits on a truck during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2006.Carlos Rios, Your TakeIn 2007, Jean Anderson traveled to New Orleans as a Scholastic reading consultant to work in the schools devastated by Katrina. During her time there, she took this image of a man who sat on steps that were once the entryway to his home. Anderson says he was never able to rebuild his home.Jean Anderson, Your TakeSeveral of Robert Green's family members didn't survive Hurricane Katrina. However, he qualified and received a house through Brad Pitt's Make It Right foundation.Jean Anderson, Your TakeFour years after Katrina, the remains of house stand in Broadmoor, New Orleans, on Jan. 29, 2009. "The house looks like it's evaporating -- with distinct markers that it was someone's address before the hurricane," contributor Richelle Forsey says.Richelle Forsey, Your TakeContributor Cinnamon Wilis captured this teddy bear on display at the "Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond Exhibit" at the Presbytère Louisiana State Museum on Aug. 7, 2015.Cinnamon Willis, Your TakeContributor Dara Fazel was revisiting New Orleans on Feb. 12, 2015 and saw this piece of art. Artist Sally Heller created this sculpture from Katrina trash and called it the "Scrap House."Dara Fazel, Your TakeAn abandoned home on New Orleans Street seems frozen in 2005, but the photo was taken on Aug. 23, 2015, nearly 10 years after Katrina struck the city. "What I found upon closer inspection was a completely untouched home," says Dane Kaczynski.Dane Kaczynski, Your TakeStreet signs on the corner of Hope and New Orleans. "Here's to those who continue to rebuild," said Dane Kaczynski.Dane Kaczynski, Your TakeJoin Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com and share you original photos with the nation. You could be featured on USA TODAY.Kelsey Sutton, USA TODAYFeatured Weekly Ad