The Cowsills the band's breakup. William "Bud" Joseph Cowsill, Sr. "(December 2, 1925 – September 29, 1992) Aged 66 years" The Cowsill family father, "Bud" Cowsill, died of leukemia while living in Mexico. Barry Steven Cowsill "(September 14, 1954 – August 29, 2005) Aged 50 years" Both Barry Cowsill and his sister Susan were living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005. Susan and her husband left New Orleans, but most of her belongings at her New Orleans home were destroyed. A badly decomposed body recovered from the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans on December 28 was
Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans news networks citing blogs like Interdictor and Gulfsails for reports of what was happening in the city. Amateur radio provided tactical and emergency communications and handled health-and-welfare enquiries. By September 4, a temporary communications hub was set up at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown New Orleans. The first television pictures out of New Orleans shown on national TV were from Houston's ABC owned and operated KTRK which flew its helicopter to New Orleans in the days after the storm. Most of the city's major roads were damaged. The only route out of the city was east to the east bank