Storm at Home (was Katrina) by Jose Montalvo - Drama, Thriller - The story focuses on a man named Aeneas who is a sergeant in Iraq. When the script begins, Aeneas is patrolling with his men the streets of Fallujah. He is ambushed by Iraqi insurgents and is only survivor, he is then sent home to rest and recover. When he arrives home in the upper ninth ward of New Orleans, he finds out his parents are gone and also half the city. His younger brother Bryan has decided to stay in order to look after his grandmother who will be released soon from Memorial Hospital. Aeneas decides to stay as well for his grandmother and to be his brothers keeper. After some drinking and catching up they brace for the category three storm. 140 pages - doc, format 8)

Katrina” is like “Jarhead” meets “Crash” with a little “Perfect Storm” mixed in.  The story focuses on a US army sergeant named Aeneas. When the script begins, Aeneas and his men are patrolling the mean streets of Falluja. When they are ambushed by Iraqi insurgents, Aeneas is the only survivor, and he is sent home to rest and recover. Upon his arrival home, in the upper ninth ward of New Orleans, Aeneas learns that his parents are gone and so is half the city. His younger brother Bryan has decided to stay so he can look after his grandmother, who is recuperating from an illness in Memorial Hospital. Worried for them, Aeneas, decides to stay as well.



Meanwhile, two cousins from the lower ninth ward named Jason and Trigger decide to smoke pot through the storm. And an indigent married couple named Will and his pregnant wife Lorena, stay as well. When Katrina hits, the results are devastating, but the real trouble begins after the storm.