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re: What was Katrina like?
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:26 am to xxKylexx
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:26 am to xxKylexx
i was a freshman in college and i had to leave hammond.
I lived in a small country town outside BR and a bus of evacuates from NOLA dropped them off to our community center. Many of them did not know where they was at and we helped many of them get in contact with any family members that lived close in the area.
We just basically looked in the phone book for anyone close with the same last names and let them call them and try to puzzle together if they were related or not.
I lived in a small country town outside BR and a bus of evacuates from NOLA dropped them off to our community center. Many of them did not know where they was at and we helped many of them get in contact with any family members that lived close in the area.
We just basically looked in the phone book for anyone close with the same last names and let them call them and try to puzzle together if they were related or not.
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Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:32 am to Mr. Hangover
I think if you lived in the Florida parishes or north of Biloxi you would might have a much different take than NOLA .
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:32 am to xxKylexx
i stayed for the storm at my house in jefferson parish. rode thru uptown to get the FQ the 2 days following and it looked like a war zone. Not much water but tons of wind damage
the thing i remember most about the storm the night it came through was the air pressure. My ears popping, and thinking it was going to suck the glass right out of the windows of my house. Ive stayed for every hurricane in that house, and ive never felt as unsafe as i did that night
the thing i remember most about the storm the night it came through was the air pressure. My ears popping, and thinking it was going to suck the glass right out of the windows of my house. Ive stayed for every hurricane in that house, and ive never felt as unsafe as i did that night
This post was edited on 4/19/15 at 10:36 am
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:32 am to xxKylexx
My personal experience. I worked at a walmart in Baton Rouge. My store was closed for a while and when I got back all the dairy and meat shelves were completely empty. The store lost power and everything spoiled. Walmarts have no backup generators, just battery backup for about 30 min. All the food is insured and I guess the insurance is cheaper than buying and maintaining generators.
Well when I got there they had already palletized all the spoiled merchandise and put it outside behind the store. There must have been 50-75 pallets. The stench, as it baked in the hot sun, was like nothing you've ever seen. Every day each pallet of rotting meat and milk had a gallon of bleach poured on it just to keep the smell somewhat at bay.
I remember the influx of people to Baton Rouge from the region. Walmarts, most of which were open 24 hours, started closing at night due to a heightened crime rate. Baton Rouge was bloated with people at that point. The end.
Well when I got there they had already palletized all the spoiled merchandise and put it outside behind the store. There must have been 50-75 pallets. The stench, as it baked in the hot sun, was like nothing you've ever seen. Every day each pallet of rotting meat and milk had a gallon of bleach poured on it just to keep the smell somewhat at bay.
I remember the influx of people to Baton Rouge from the region. Walmarts, most of which were open 24 hours, started closing at night due to a heightened crime rate. Baton Rouge was bloated with people at that point. The end.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:32 am to xxKylexx
Crazy time. We only lost power maybe 8 hours. Had 6 relatives from uptown come up in initial evacuation. We warched the TV as the water topped the levee and seawalls. Crazy.
Post storm had 15-16 of my wife's relatives sleeping everywhere. One was a state troopers family. We never saw him until and the other a fireman who had holed up in the hilton with his dept as the windows were blowing out.
Scary shite. After 3 weeks, err'body had gone somewhere for long term camping out. We ate lots of red beans & rice.
Post storm had 15-16 of my wife's relatives sleeping everywhere. One was a state troopers family. We never saw him until and the other a fireman who had holed up in the hilton with his dept as the windows were blowing out.
Scary shite. After 3 weeks, err'body had gone somewhere for long term camping out. We ate lots of red beans & rice.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:41 am to Mr. Hangover
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I was in the bottom part of Plaquemines parish when Katrina hit... Never been more scared in my life
Why were you in the bottom part of Plaquemines parish? Most of the people I know from down there got out before the storm hit.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:41 am to xxKylexx
I was a junior in high school at the time. We had just finished the first week of school. I remember being excited that I was going to get a couple days off from school and have a long weekend. That was foolish. I evacuated to stay with some family in north Louisiana last minute. It ended up being maybe a month and a half before I made it home. I was lucky though. A lot of people didn't have a home to go home to.
School was an interesting experience that year. My mom put me in a school up in Monroe for about a month because she didn't want me to be idle. The curriculum didn't even really fit me. Then night school with Jesuit satellite school at St. Martin to finish out the first semester. Then back to the main campus with a gutted out first floor.
School was an interesting experience that year. My mom put me in a school up in Monroe for about a month because she didn't want me to be idle. The curriculum didn't even really fit me. Then night school with Jesuit satellite school at St. Martin to finish out the first semester. Then back to the main campus with a gutted out first floor.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:43 am to Tiger1242
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Not as bad for most here as they will pretend
Waveland and you don't need to speak for most of us here.
I don't say the word "Katrina".
I handled it as well as possible but I have a scar from it.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:46 am to xxKylexx
Caught some bands here in Pensacola and lost power for 3 days.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:46 am to soccerfüt
A couple of things I've learned from Katrina, the news media is a crock of shite, and never believe something when someone starts a statement with, " I heard______"...
Worst part for me was being stuck with my mother in law for 5 months....
Worst part for me was being stuck with my mother in law for 5 months....
This post was edited on 4/19/15 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/19/15 at 10:59 am to JasonL79
I was living in Jesuit Bend (south of Belle Chasse) at the time. We were watching closely what the hurricane was doing and packed up the night before it blew up (went from a cat 2 or 3 to a 5 within a day). We woke up early and it was a cat 5 so we got everything and hauled arse to Baton Rouge. Sat in traffic for 10+ hours.
My brother stayed back at our warehouse for the family's seafood business in Gretna. He ended up getting hit by tornadoes and lost all the roof to our cinder block warehouse. When the roof blew off, he rode out the storm in his truck.
Our stubborn grandpa rode the storm out in Pilottown (south of Venice) with two uncles. We didn't know they were alive for 1.5-2 weeks after the storm. Most of the pilot station he rode the storm in was wrecked and there was no way to communicate. They ended up flagging a small coast guard ship in the river and got back to New Orleans and eventually to Baton Rouge.
After the storm was over, I was able to get back into Jefferson Parish with my brother by transporting ice to the Jefferson Parish's sheriff office. We were able to get some of our assets to Baton Rouge by doing this. In that time period, I never thought I would have seen my hometown area look like that. When we came in, there was cops on the corners wearing bullet proof vests and what looked like automatic machine guns. Army was patrolling the town to stop the lootings.
All in all, my parents lost a rent house in Pilottown, a warehouse in Venice, and a warehouse in Gretna. We lost over 750,000 lbs of seafood and was only covered on insurance for about 25% of what we probably had. The 35+ year family business never really recovered from the issues. We ended shutting it down in 2008-2009.
Definitely a learning experience.
My brother stayed back at our warehouse for the family's seafood business in Gretna. He ended up getting hit by tornadoes and lost all the roof to our cinder block warehouse. When the roof blew off, he rode out the storm in his truck.
Our stubborn grandpa rode the storm out in Pilottown (south of Venice) with two uncles. We didn't know they were alive for 1.5-2 weeks after the storm. Most of the pilot station he rode the storm in was wrecked and there was no way to communicate. They ended up flagging a small coast guard ship in the river and got back to New Orleans and eventually to Baton Rouge.
After the storm was over, I was able to get back into Jefferson Parish with my brother by transporting ice to the Jefferson Parish's sheriff office. We were able to get some of our assets to Baton Rouge by doing this. In that time period, I never thought I would have seen my hometown area look like that. When we came in, there was cops on the corners wearing bullet proof vests and what looked like automatic machine guns. Army was patrolling the town to stop the lootings.
All in all, my parents lost a rent house in Pilottown, a warehouse in Venice, and a warehouse in Gretna. We lost over 750,000 lbs of seafood and was only covered on insurance for about 25% of what we probably had. The 35+ year family business never really recovered from the issues. We ended shutting it down in 2008-2009.
Definitely a learning experience.
This post was edited on 4/19/15 at 11:10 am
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:04 am to xxKylexx
it was like a hurricane--there was calm in its eye.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:13 am to JasonL79
Jason where are you originally from
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:17 am to xxKylexx
I was in NeLa at the time, so it can't compare to what those down south dealt with...
however, North LA was a madhouse at the time due to evacuees....every single place to park a car had people parked and sleeping in their cars...the mall parking lot was completely full and people had livestock and pets tied to car bumpers, etc....I distinctly remember a guy trying repeatedly to keep a dog collar on a pig so that he could tie it to a light post...pig's neck is bigger than his head, so obviously, that won't work...
every square inch of my apartment had coworkers from down south sleeping on the floor....looked like something out of a movie...
we did end up with torrential rains and wind over 100 MPH from Monroe over to the Jackson, ms areas. my relatives have some cow pastures in Cenla and when the shite got real, they opened them up for parking to folks stuck on the highways...within a couple of hours, you could not fit another car in the pastures...then after the storm rains came, they were all stuck where they sat....
however, North LA was a madhouse at the time due to evacuees....every single place to park a car had people parked and sleeping in their cars...the mall parking lot was completely full and people had livestock and pets tied to car bumpers, etc....I distinctly remember a guy trying repeatedly to keep a dog collar on a pig so that he could tie it to a light post...pig's neck is bigger than his head, so obviously, that won't work...
every square inch of my apartment had coworkers from down south sleeping on the floor....looked like something out of a movie...
we did end up with torrential rains and wind over 100 MPH from Monroe over to the Jackson, ms areas. my relatives have some cow pastures in Cenla and when the shite got real, they opened them up for parking to folks stuck on the highways...within a couple of hours, you could not fit another car in the pastures...then after the storm rains came, they were all stuck where they sat....
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:21 am to McLemore
I came in right after the storm for security as I was one of several State National Guards to come in following the aftermath. Kentucky and Illinois were with us too with HQ at Delasalle HS. The LAARNG was deployed and were in the process of being called back. I was charged with the security of NOLA East from Crowder/Hayne Blvd/Lakefront Airport, west to the Lower 9th.
I'm a BR native but hadn't been to NOLA since the mid 90's.
Some things I'll never forget:
- Ray Nagin refusing to meet with Military Leadership that were in charge for the security of the majority of the city (rolls eyes)
- Standing in the Middle of Jackson Square and in the Quarter in general, just me with my molle vest and rifle and another guy and being the only souls around for blocks.
- Bars open in the quarter after a month and grilling food on the sidewalk and beer in coolers out front.
- The mold, the smells. Airplanes strewn all over Lakefront. The Learjet in the tree.
- The bodies even after weeks and pets that were left behind. The guy who tried to ride out the storm from the marina. We found him in someone's backyard a mile away still in his yellow sailor rain gear. The old lady with no family that died in her home alone.
- Dogs left in the backyard only to die when their paws were caught in the fence slats while trying to swim
- Helping folks access their homes when they were allowed back into the neighborhoods during curfew. We'd hook up the HMMWV wench to the doors and yank them off as they swelled shut.
- Local church groups feeding us the best dang food on the face of the planet
- ASPCA volunteers camped next to my forward operating base and riding with us searching for pets. My soldiers, after their shifts, walking found dogs along the levee.
- Finding an abandoned Pug a month after the storm, alive on the top of the family's kitchen refrigerator. The front door was already marked but we checked each one again. Happiest little bastard I ever saw when we got him back to the school and got him cleaned up.
- The anonymous woman from Los Angeles that donated her private jet and $7million to fly animals back to rescue groups throughout the state.
- Being at Belle Chase NAS going home.
- Got a ton more, this just off the top of my head.
I'm a BR native but hadn't been to NOLA since the mid 90's.
Some things I'll never forget:
- Ray Nagin refusing to meet with Military Leadership that were in charge for the security of the majority of the city (rolls eyes)
- Standing in the Middle of Jackson Square and in the Quarter in general, just me with my molle vest and rifle and another guy and being the only souls around for blocks.
- Bars open in the quarter after a month and grilling food on the sidewalk and beer in coolers out front.
- The mold, the smells. Airplanes strewn all over Lakefront. The Learjet in the tree.
- The bodies even after weeks and pets that were left behind. The guy who tried to ride out the storm from the marina. We found him in someone's backyard a mile away still in his yellow sailor rain gear. The old lady with no family that died in her home alone.
- Dogs left in the backyard only to die when their paws were caught in the fence slats while trying to swim
- Helping folks access their homes when they were allowed back into the neighborhoods during curfew. We'd hook up the HMMWV wench to the doors and yank them off as they swelled shut.
- Local church groups feeding us the best dang food on the face of the planet
- ASPCA volunteers camped next to my forward operating base and riding with us searching for pets. My soldiers, after their shifts, walking found dogs along the levee.
- Finding an abandoned Pug a month after the storm, alive on the top of the family's kitchen refrigerator. The front door was already marked but we checked each one again. Happiest little bastard I ever saw when we got him back to the school and got him cleaned up.
- The anonymous woman from Los Angeles that donated her private jet and $7million to fly animals back to rescue groups throughout the state.
- Being at Belle Chase NAS going home.
- Got a ton more, this just off the top of my head.
This post was edited on 4/19/15 at 11:23 am
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:24 am to xxKylexx
Most of New Orleans had their property value increase or had insurance pay for a better home.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:31 am to NWarty
The conference center. Good God, I can't believe I forgot about the conference center.
What humans are capable of unbelievable. What will always stick out in my mind is a vending machine area, completely destroyed and the amount of feces and blood smeared all over the place like a gigantic Jackson Pollock shite Covered painting. The stories that came out of that place are disgusting.
What humans are capable of unbelievable. What will always stick out in my mind is a vending machine area, completely destroyed and the amount of feces and blood smeared all over the place like a gigantic Jackson Pollock shite Covered painting. The stories that came out of that place are disgusting.
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:35 am to Tiger1242
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Not as bad for most here as they will pretend
???
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:40 am to NWarty
In Indian Village in Slidell, I saw a C230 stuck in a tree about 20ft in the air. I was driving through the mud (one of the first people), and just thought "Wtf is this? There is a car in a mother fricking tree". The mud over there was really bad, and the water is what held the houses down. Was supposed to get house paperwork for my mom's friend in there. Walked into her house, and just said frick it. Nothing was coming out.
My parent's house on Military Rd had trees wrapped around each other from the tornadoes. It was raised about 5ft in the air and had 6ft inside the house.
Cleaning up around New Orleans was shitty. Almost had to shoot someone because he wanted to leave the city and tried to steal our truck. A few animals chained up in back yards. A few dead bodies lying on the sidewalks and behind houses.
IIRC, there was almost an entire block on fire on Carrollton.
Rotten meat everywhere that made people throw up when the juice poured out of freezers.
I got used to the mold. It basically gave you a sinus infection for two or three days, and then it went away.
All you heard at night was generators.
Crazy times, but I got used to it. Didn't affect me mentally that much for some reason. I try not to watch documentaries though.
Like I said earlier, I'll never forget the smells. Mold, mud, rotten everything, dead people/animals. Driving into Laplace a couple of years ago after that one brought back many memories instantaneously. Almost broke down while driving
My parent's house on Military Rd had trees wrapped around each other from the tornadoes. It was raised about 5ft in the air and had 6ft inside the house.
Cleaning up around New Orleans was shitty. Almost had to shoot someone because he wanted to leave the city and tried to steal our truck. A few animals chained up in back yards. A few dead bodies lying on the sidewalks and behind houses.
IIRC, there was almost an entire block on fire on Carrollton.
Rotten meat everywhere that made people throw up when the juice poured out of freezers.
I got used to the mold. It basically gave you a sinus infection for two or three days, and then it went away.
All you heard at night was generators.
Crazy times, but I got used to it. Didn't affect me mentally that much for some reason. I try not to watch documentaries though.
Like I said earlier, I'll never forget the smells. Mold, mud, rotten everything, dead people/animals. Driving into Laplace a couple of years ago after that one brought back many memories instantaneously. Almost broke down while driving
Posted on 4/19/15 at 11:43 am to JETigER
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Most of New Orleans had their property value increase or had insurance pay for a better home.
This is total BS. FYI most of New Orleans is not Uptown Magazine Street, St. Charles Avenue, the Warehouse District, and the Marigny. Many people were under insured and fought with insurance companies and the state with road home for years to even come halfway close to whole. And thats not even talking about people who lost businesses that never recovered. What about Gentilly and NO East, the two largest "neighborhoods" in New Orleans?
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