re: What was Katrina like?

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8ft of water in my house. I was younger than you were at the time. Around 14 years old. Having to tear it down after it had been gutted was harder than coping with the fact it was flooded in the first place. Now that I'm more mature, I could only imagine what my parents were going through at that time.

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Lived in br. In laws and friends of theirs from Westbank to Barataria were staying with us. We went back in early through a machine gun guarded checkpoint under guise of being sanitary company employees(our driver was). I came along with cameras to document and hopefully show proof of houses still standing for these people. We went to about 15 houses. Most were roller coasters of emotions for the group as their house(or a friend's we checked on) would look normal from outside. Then get inside and see the water line on the walls. Or a tree smashed the entire back half of house. I felt guilty at first being from br and taking storm lightly. Then I kinda felt like I needed to document the hell out of it like a frickin job. The least I could do for them. Somber drive back to br that evening. And that was the Westbank. Put shite into perspective because damage was about 1/3 of the the other side of the river.