Leaving Home Without Looking Back

Tracy Smith Visits A Disgusted Family Driven Out By Katrina

(CBS)  She says she can't forgive a state that would let conditions get to what they were like in the convention center: the overflowing restrooms, the trash-strewn sidewalks, the dead body in the street.

"It's inhuman," Angelique said, "to do these kinds of things to somebody. What gives you the right? What gives you the right to say that my life isn't valuable?"

Derek and Angelique say the most maddening thing was that there was no way to sugarcoat it for the kids.

"There was no NC-17 ratings, no PG ratings, no Disney. It was no Disney," Derek said. "This was straight Stephen King,"

Ten-year-old Justin, however, is resilient.

When Smith met him at the convention center, he was lethargic and hot.

"I passed out yesterday," he told Smith then. "From the heat."

But now, he did cartwheels for the camera.

Asked what he'd remember about the convention center, Justin answered, "I'm gonna remember my friends."

"So even though the convention center was kind of a bad experience, are you over it?" Smith wanted to know.

"I'm still holding like a little teeny bit of a grudge," Justin said.

Low on money and with no means of transportation, the Levys still aren't sure where they'll go or when, but they are sure things will only get better the sooner they get away.

"Once I know that I'm out of Louisiana completely, I'm gonna kiss the ground," Angelique said.