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Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:36 am to baybeefeetz
Not at all.
A good friend on mine very much so.
A good friend on mine very much so.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:36 am to baybeefeetz
I never really comprehended what the word "refugee" meant until Katrina.
It's a horrible thing, having your entire life uprooted and changed.
It's a horrible thing, having your entire life uprooted and changed.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:39 am to USMCTiger03
Friend of mine is still haunted by it. He saw two bodies floating and tied them to a fence so they could later be found.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:39 am to baybeefeetz
Yeah, thinking of all that was lost that can never be replaced. I lost my whole community and way of life. Friends are scattered all over the place and we never get together anymore. It's been a big change but I have adjusted.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:50 am to baybeefeetz
I wouldn't say traumatized but my wife and I went through it with 2 young kids, 8 & 11. We evacuated to a Hampton Inn in a little town in Arkansas called El Dorado. We were there for over a month before we could get back to my wife's family in Denham Springs. It completely changed our lives. In a very short time frame the wife and I had new jobs, kids changed schools, grandparents moved in with us. At one point we had 11 people living out of my wife's parent's 3 bedroom house for a few months. And once we decided to make the permanent move it was very traumatizing to the kids. As we sit here and look at it 7 years later, all of our changes ended up for the better.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:51 am to baybeefeetz
I was there but just in Metry on the other side of the 17th street canal so no flooding. As an insurance adjuster I saw tons of people who lost everything. A lot of those people put it in perspective and realized that it's only stuff that they lost and they still had family and friends.
Now that's easy to say its only stuff when you have flood insurance, I think people who didn't have flood insurance for whatever reason obviously had a much tougher road.
Fast forward to Sandy. I have been lucky in terms of being born and raised in New Orleans or the suburbs that I have never been affected personally by damage from flooding or a hurricane. Sandy hits and we flood, luckily just the garage, crawl space and common hallway in our building.
We lost some stuff in the crawl space but nothing of monetary value. My wife lost some stuff that had sentimental value.
During the clean up in our neighborhood, neighbors came together and helped clean each other's places etc and for a while it felt like everyone liked each other, but of course after a while people went back to ignoring each other while walking etc, but it's Jersey and right across from NYC but that's normal.
I must say that having been affected for the first time, lightly compared to others, it is a very surreal experience. The first week afterwards I was I a fog, but then worked kicked and I was dealing with damage to other people and I became somewhat numb to it again.
For us, all is back to normal but for others, whether it be in New Orleans or elsewhere, things may never get back to normal
Now that's easy to say its only stuff when you have flood insurance, I think people who didn't have flood insurance for whatever reason obviously had a much tougher road.
Fast forward to Sandy. I have been lucky in terms of being born and raised in New Orleans or the suburbs that I have never been affected personally by damage from flooding or a hurricane. Sandy hits and we flood, luckily just the garage, crawl space and common hallway in our building.
We lost some stuff in the crawl space but nothing of monetary value. My wife lost some stuff that had sentimental value.
During the clean up in our neighborhood, neighbors came together and helped clean each other's places etc and for a while it felt like everyone liked each other, but of course after a while people went back to ignoring each other while walking etc, but it's Jersey and right across from NYC but that's normal.
I must say that having been affected for the first time, lightly compared to others, it is a very surreal experience. The first week afterwards I was I a fog, but then worked kicked and I was dealing with damage to other people and I became somewhat numb to it again.
For us, all is back to normal but for others, whether it be in New Orleans or elsewhere, things may never get back to normal
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:58 am to hobotiger
I worked through it but it hasn't had an impact on me or the way I live my life. I really don't think about it unless someone brings it up. I know this sounds odd but I enjoy high pressure situations so Katrina was, in one sense, exhilarating for me and I enjoyed many of the surprises that came during and after it. I feel badly for those who lost lives and suffered and it sucked to be without AC for months living in the upstairs of my flooded house but it wasn't the end of the world.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:01 am to hobotiger
I haven't posted in a while but this thread brought up some shitty memories. I rode the damn thing out on the 2nd story of my then 62yr old mother's home in Old Arabi. We had to be fricking air-lifted from the levee the Wednesday after. We ended up at the PMAC because my mom needed medical attention. My worst memory was finally getting to go back to see the damage in October. It was the most surreal feeling I've ever had in my life. Just indescribable.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:12 am to MightyYat
I evacuated, so I am in no way traumatized, but something like that changes your life more than you can imagine. Katrina hit my Junior year in High School, and we lived in Eunice for about a year after. While the community as a whole was extremely embracing, the kids at the school I went to were mostly dicks. I lived in Chalmette before the storm and live in Arabi now, and even though most of St. Bernard Parish has been re-built, and better in some way, it will never be the same. I have plenty of family and friends that are scattered across the country, and I have only seen a couple of times, if at all.
Pre-Katrina pretty much seems like literally a different life time. Every story told among friends and family is always started off by before-the-storm or after-the-storm. While I have some of my closest friends that I probably wouldn't even know if it wasn't for the storm, or some opportunities I've had because of it, I wouldn't wish that experience on my worst enemy.
Pre-Katrina pretty much seems like literally a different life time. Every story told among friends and family is always started off by before-the-storm or after-the-storm. While I have some of my closest friends that I probably wouldn't even know if it wasn't for the storm, or some opportunities I've had because of it, I wouldn't wish that experience on my worst enemy.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:28 am to Gaston
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I still go walk to cabinets that don't exist looking for an item that is long gone.
I do that all the time when I visit my parents at my old house.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:31 am to baybeefeetz
People seem to forget what Rita did to the other side of the state shortly after Katrina...The cities and towns affected were not New Orleans and the people there began to clean and fix up their own property and not wait for any handouts.... But no one talks about right? I personally had to rescue people by boat cause they were trapped in their homes.. It was not a pretty sight... Homes lost due to complete flooding just like New Orleans...but lot less media attention
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Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:33 am to Bien Fou
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People seem to forget what Rita did to the other side of the state shortly after Katrina...The cities and towns affected were not New Orleans and the people there began to clean and fix up their own property and not wait for any handouts.... But no one talks about right?
What in the name of frick are you blabbering about?
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 9:34 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:34 am to Bien Fou
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People seem to forget what Rita did to the other side of the state shortly after Katrina...The cities and towns affected were not New Orleans and the people there began to clean and fix up their own property and not wait for any handouts.... But no one talks about right? I personally had to rescue people by boat cause they were trapped in their homes.. It was not a pretty sight... Homes lost due to complete flooding just like New Orleans...but lot less media attention
Go frick yourself asswipe.
ETA: Perhaps a bit harsh, but make your own thread to talk about waiting for handouts and how much better your disaster response was.
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:35 am to mm2316
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. I lived in Chalmette before the storm
Same here
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it will never be the same
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Pre-Katrina pretty much seems like literally a different life time
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Every story told among friends and family is always started off by before-the-storm or after-the-storm
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:36 am to LNCHBOX
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Go frick yourself asswipe.
Struck a nerve? Remember that storm huh? Happened a month after Katrina?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:36 am to Bien Fou
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The cities and towns affected were not New Orleans and the people there began to clean and fix up their own property and not wait for any handouts.... But no one talks about right?
And here we go. Always a few fcktards show up in a Katrina thread.
Btw, several of the people responding in this thread were not in N.O. I know a few of these posters were on Miss coast.
Take that petty bullshite to another thread asswipe.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:36 am to mm2316
I was living in BR when Katrina hit. But all of my family, extended family and the magority of my friends lived in St Bernard. Thank god no one lost their lives, but everyone lost everything.
My parents house in Arabi was lifted off its foundation by the water and came to rest in the driveway when the water receaded. It had to be demolished. My parents who had about 5 years left on the mortgage lost everything except what they had in a suitcase and the freaking Christmas decorations in the attic. At 58 years old everything they owned was gone and now have a new 30 year mortgage. Kinda fricks up your retirement plans.
The grammer school I went to is now closed. St Louise Church was "our" church. It is now demolished, gone forever. The street I grew up on had probably 50 houses on it, now it has 5.
But its not really those things that get to me or my folks. Its not about the buildings its about the people. We are scattered everywhere. Hell I have not seen most of the neighbors I grew up with since 2005. Some of the eledrly ones have since died. Life long friends that lived 5 minutes away that you saw every Sunday at mass or in the grocery are now in Covington or Metairie or Lafayette. Sure we still get together but it now has to be planned. Thats tough. Alot of people just dont understand that.
So traumatized..NO!! Changed forever..YES!!
My parents house in Arabi was lifted off its foundation by the water and came to rest in the driveway when the water receaded. It had to be demolished. My parents who had about 5 years left on the mortgage lost everything except what they had in a suitcase and the freaking Christmas decorations in the attic. At 58 years old everything they owned was gone and now have a new 30 year mortgage. Kinda fricks up your retirement plans.
The grammer school I went to is now closed. St Louise Church was "our" church. It is now demolished, gone forever. The street I grew up on had probably 50 houses on it, now it has 5.
But its not really those things that get to me or my folks. Its not about the buildings its about the people. We are scattered everywhere. Hell I have not seen most of the neighbors I grew up with since 2005. Some of the eledrly ones have since died. Life long friends that lived 5 minutes away that you saw every Sunday at mass or in the grocery are now in Covington or Metairie or Lafayette. Sure we still get together but it now has to be planned. Thats tough. Alot of people just dont understand that.
So traumatized..NO!! Changed forever..YES!!
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:37 am to Bien Fou
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Bien Fou
Go start a Rita thread I guess
Posted on 1/23/14 at 9:37 am to LSUTygerFan
According to the media, ONLY the 9th ward was destroyed in Katrina. 
fricking assholes.
fricking assholes.
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