devastated the region. A special message was inserted at the beginning of the episodes, including one spoken by Phil Keoghan, dedicating them to the victims and to those helping with the recovery. The Schroeder family, who were from New Orleans, had befriended the Rogers family from Shreveport in the northern part of Louisiana during the season. As Hurricane Katrina neared landfall, the Rogers family offered the Schroeders safety at their home. Hurricane Katrina wiped out the Schroeders' home and most of their possessions, and after staying with the Rogerses for about two weeks, they were able to find more permanent housing in Baton Rouge, and most of the other teams from this season chipped in to help the family. According to an interview with Wally Bransen on RFF Radio, producers originally planned a leg in Belize, but had to cancel it due to Hurricane Emily. Cast This season's cast consisted of ten teams of four family members each. Future appearances Stassi Schroeder later appeared in the Oxygen reality series Queen Bees. Schroeder later appeared on the Bravo reality series Vanderpump Rules as a part of that cast for eight seasons. In 2011, Brian and Marion Paolo appeared on the HGTV reality show House Hunters. Billy and Carissa Gaghan wrote introductions for My Ox is Broken, a book about The Amazing Race. Results The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order. A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated. An placement with a double-dagger () indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg. As a penalty, they were stripped of their money, bags, and possessions other than their passports and the clothes they had on upon checking in, and they received no money at the start of the next leg. An italicized placement indicates a team's placement at the midpoint of a double leg. A indicates that the team won the Fast Forward. A indicates that the team used the Yield and a indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield. Notes Race summary Leg 1 (New York → New Jersey → Pennsylvania) Episode 1: "Go, Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them!" (September 27, 2005) Prize: US$20,000 cash (awarded to the Godlewski Family) Eliminated: Black Family Locations New York City, New York (Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park) (Starting