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re: What was Katrina like?
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:26 pm to madamsquirrel
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:26 pm to madamsquirrel
I had two POS sat phones that only worked like 10% of the time. Drove me nuts
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Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:31 pm to Joehat
I grew up in Bay St. Louis, and both my parents(divorced) had houses there. I was in college at the time and stayed with my roommate at his parents' in Canebrake in Oak Grove. We couldn't even get out of the neighborhood for a few days because of all the trees down across the roads. It took me a week to finally make it back to BSL, both my parents houses had a couple feet of water, and I literally only had the clothes in the bag I packed. Shitty shitty time. Had the storm surge not been so bad, the damage would've been just like any other storm... Katrina changed a lot of lives. Hell, just go ride Beach Blvd. through BSL and Waveland, and Hwy. 90 through Pass Christian and you'll see slab after slab on empty lots where there used to be beautiful homes.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:35 pm to Hammertime
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I had two POS sat phones that only worked like 10% of the time. Drove me nuts
yep...we got a number of sat phones, too..they were pricey as hell and almost useless...
ultimately, we found that we could text between two blackberries pretty reilably...shortly, everyone in my company got blackberries...
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:42 pm to madamsquirrel
People who lose their lives, their identity are so vulnerable. It was a truly unreal time. They have to let lose, they needed to tell their stories. 2005 was a terrible time for all along the Northern Gulf Coast. Rita was a terrible bitch as well.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:43 pm to glassman
Terrible. The end.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:07 pm to Peytonknows
I was 8 years old at the time. We had my Aunt, Uncle, and three cousins come stay with us. I remember how freaked out they were, but at the time I did not really get why. I also remember we had three students that came to my school, in my grade, that were Katrina victims. They stayed till about christmas. The place where I saw the most emotions was at my cousin's high school graduation (Dominican). I wish I was a little bit older so I could remember those speeches. The graduation was outside and there was not a dry eye in the place.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:09 pm to The Boat
That incredibly creepy warning was when they had a CAT5 on their hands expected to track directly over or slightly west of New Orleans.
It weakened and tracked a little bit to the east.....but still packed a CAT5 level storm surge that devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.
I think another nightmare scenario for Louisiana would be a big CAT 5 storm tracking slightly east of where Andrew made landfall in 1992. You'd have three of Louisiana's largest cities impacted by catastrophic wind and the entire coast nailed with massive storm surge.
It weakened and tracked a little bit to the east.....but still packed a CAT5 level storm surge that devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.
I think another nightmare scenario for Louisiana would be a big CAT 5 storm tracking slightly east of where Andrew made landfall in 1992. You'd have three of Louisiana's largest cities impacted by catastrophic wind and the entire coast nailed with massive storm surge.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:12 pm to member12
Also I remember Lafayette being an absolute madhouse. Gas stations, banks, and grocery stores were filled to the max. I would be curious to see how many Katrina victims stayed in Lafayette during the following weeks.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:28 pm to gingerkittie
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Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:30 pm to LSU_2012
Was a freshman at LSU. We had a hurricane party in Herget and didn't realize the magnitude of the situation until the next morning. Ended up having to be escorted back into the city to get my dad who stayed back. It was pretty eery.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 1:03 am to Peytonknows
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Terrible. The end.
Truly the only response that matters.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 1:26 am to Peytonknows
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Terrible. The end.
This. I'll never forget my sister, who had just started her senior year in HS, breaking down and crying when we got to the house and saw the damage for the 1st time.
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Posted on 4/20/15 at 2:44 am to xxKylexx
A cruise ship called the FINNJET docked at the port of Baton Rouge for 5 or 6 months to house LSU medical students and personnel after the storm.
Housing...especially rental housing...was very hard to come by after the storm.
Housing...especially rental housing...was very hard to come by after the storm.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:36 am to xxKylexx
Lots of pain in here. I remember, on that Sunday afternoon, the funeral home like feel as they showed the radar and the storm looked as big as the whole freakin Gulf, and the people going to the Superdome. Remember thinking that I would rather be strapped to a lightpole on Canal than be stuck in the dome.
Also, for months after, all the bicycles still locked up outside the dome.
Also, for months after, all the bicycles still locked up outside the dome.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:55 am to GonePecan
I won't try to say that it is as my story is important and in reality it is really really miniscule but I figured I'd share an experience from North Louisiana.
We had a few people that ended up at a temp shelter set up at NSU at the helath/pe building and I helped deliver food/supplies to them.
I'll never forget the hopeless look that they had. They were all dazed and numb and just scared out of their minds about what was going to happen. Really emotional to see them and what they were going through and made you grasp that this wasn't just "a hurricane"
Was really humbling to see it. Luckily for us they were all pretty grateful. Most of them just wanted to help bringing supplies in just to have something to do to get their mind off of things.
I really can't imagine the emotion for people that were stuck in New Orleans at that time (and honestly I don't really want to).
One of my roommates was in the military and ended up at the Superdome. It is amazing that his stories showed the best and worst in humanity in a very small space at the same time. I won't try and give an account of his stories as they aren't my stories to tell.
To everyone who was there though, much respect.
We had a few people that ended up at a temp shelter set up at NSU at the helath/pe building and I helped deliver food/supplies to them.
I'll never forget the hopeless look that they had. They were all dazed and numb and just scared out of their minds about what was going to happen. Really emotional to see them and what they were going through and made you grasp that this wasn't just "a hurricane"
Was really humbling to see it. Luckily for us they were all pretty grateful. Most of them just wanted to help bringing supplies in just to have something to do to get their mind off of things.
I really can't imagine the emotion for people that were stuck in New Orleans at that time (and honestly I don't really want to).
One of my roommates was in the military and ended up at the Superdome. It is amazing that his stories showed the best and worst in humanity in a very small space at the same time. I won't try and give an account of his stories as they aren't my stories to tell.
To everyone who was there though, much respect.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:59 am to xxKylexx
Tough, tough time. Found out what ESF really meant(Emergency Service Function) and was deployed into the city. I remember seeing people huddled under overpasses. Children being dragged behind parents too tired to carry them. Bodies.
Perhaps the most impressive aviation I will ever see in my life watching Blackhawks land and take off over and over. Hair on the back of my neck stands up when I hear them flying today.
Seeing the line of volunteers with boats stretching for what seemed like miles. Just wanting to help any way they could. For the most part we couldn't let them.
Did flyovers south of NO in the days after. As bad as NO was, some areas were just wiped clean as though nothing had ever been there. Just empty slabs that would appear as the waters receded.
Funny anecdote, while working in the command center, I got a daily kick from reviewing the found weapons cache map. Hand grenades, RPGs, Schwartzenegger-movie kind of stuff, just stashed along the river.
We saw things the year before during Ivan that should have alerted us. Tallest waves ever in the Gulf and to that point had been considered impossible. Have always felt that we could have done something more to prevent the Katrina fallout.
Perhaps the most impressive aviation I will ever see in my life watching Blackhawks land and take off over and over. Hair on the back of my neck stands up when I hear them flying today.
Seeing the line of volunteers with boats stretching for what seemed like miles. Just wanting to help any way they could. For the most part we couldn't let them.
Did flyovers south of NO in the days after. As bad as NO was, some areas were just wiped clean as though nothing had ever been there. Just empty slabs that would appear as the waters receded.
Funny anecdote, while working in the command center, I got a daily kick from reviewing the found weapons cache map. Hand grenades, RPGs, Schwartzenegger-movie kind of stuff, just stashed along the river.
We saw things the year before during Ivan that should have alerted us. Tallest waves ever in the Gulf and to that point had been considered impossible. Have always felt that we could have done something more to prevent the Katrina fallout.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 8:27 am to udtiger
I don't want to talk about actual storm stories.
But something that hit me the other day:
I'm was talking with my fiancé about having kids. She was taking about her collection of old books in the attic and stuff she saved for her kids one day and I realized I don't have anything to give them. No hand-me-downs, no children's books my mom used to read me, no picture books from my grandparents or family, no old crib, no mobiles or anything. No old toys or stuffed animals. Nothing. We lost all that.
It's amazing that it's been 10 years and my family and I still have to measure time with before and after Katrina language sometimes.
Someone will say "I can't find that box" or "where are the home videos or photo albums" , etc... and we have to think for a second and remember if those items even exist anymore. Usually they don't. So we say oh that was pre-katrina and we move on.
But something that hit me the other day:
I'm was talking with my fiancé about having kids. She was taking about her collection of old books in the attic and stuff she saved for her kids one day and I realized I don't have anything to give them. No hand-me-downs, no children's books my mom used to read me, no picture books from my grandparents or family, no old crib, no mobiles or anything. No old toys or stuffed animals. Nothing. We lost all that.
It's amazing that it's been 10 years and my family and I still have to measure time with before and after Katrina language sometimes.
Someone will say "I can't find that box" or "where are the home videos or photo albums" , etc... and we have to think for a second and remember if those items even exist anymore. Usually they don't. So we say oh that was pre-katrina and we move on.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:11 am to xxKylexx
I had just started my senior year in high school in BR. My entire extended (and large) family lives in New Orleans and they all came to stay with us at one point. In total over the next couple of months, we had 37 people and 7 dogs use our home as a hotel. I had two pregnant cousins that were in their 3rd trimester. I used my bathtub as a bed one weekend because we were so jam packed with people.
All of this when we had no power, which meant no AC, no refrigerator, etc. We had a generator, but gas stations were absolutely insane.
The day after the storm ended, but cousin’s husband, my brother (who lived there), and I drove down to New Orleans. He was a reserve police officer. Basically had a useless badge and a weapon, but it was enough to get us through the road blocks on I-10. I’ll never forget him turning around in the truck and handing me a .357 snub nose revolver, fully loaded, and telling me “just in case”. We proceeded to clean out all the valuables we could at their houses and board up/lock down everything.
It was a third world country. Sky was filled with military helicopters, which I assume to be Blackhawks. In the distance, every so often, you’d hear a gun shot or two. Driving down the street and seeing the deceased being processed was the most sobering thing I’ve ever experienced.
All of this, and the thing that haunts me the most, is the smell. I’ll never forget that smell and hopefully never experience it again. It was a mixture of sewage, death, and rot. And it was inescapable.
Katrina was fricking hell.
All of this when we had no power, which meant no AC, no refrigerator, etc. We had a generator, but gas stations were absolutely insane.
The day after the storm ended, but cousin’s husband, my brother (who lived there), and I drove down to New Orleans. He was a reserve police officer. Basically had a useless badge and a weapon, but it was enough to get us through the road blocks on I-10. I’ll never forget him turning around in the truck and handing me a .357 snub nose revolver, fully loaded, and telling me “just in case”. We proceeded to clean out all the valuables we could at their houses and board up/lock down everything.
It was a third world country. Sky was filled with military helicopters, which I assume to be Blackhawks. In the distance, every so often, you’d hear a gun shot or two. Driving down the street and seeing the deceased being processed was the most sobering thing I’ve ever experienced.
All of this, and the thing that haunts me the most, is the smell. I’ll never forget that smell and hopefully never experience it again. It was a mixture of sewage, death, and rot. And it was inescapable.
Katrina was fricking hell.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:15 am to TheCaterpillar
I will also never forget the media comparing "Super Storm Sandy" to Katrina repeatedly. They still do this.
That made me lose my mind. I had to stop watching that coverage.
That made me lose my mind. I had to stop watching that coverage.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:16 am to xxKylexx
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What was Katrina like?
It was like, crazy man. Real crazy.
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