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Mike West displays a photograph of his wife Katie Euliss and daughter Vega, which is one of the few items he was able to salvage from their New Orleans home following Katrina.

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Wake of the flood

New Orleans band relocates to Lawrence after their home is destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

It took a Category 4 hurricane to convince Mike West to buy a cell phone. The songwriter did without one touring the country dozens of times over with his band Truckstop Honeymoon. Nor did he need one to raise two kids.

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