re: 14 years ago today

NOLA natives, but we lived outside Atlanta 14 yrs ago. Mostly all our extended family lived in St. Bernard, Jefferson and St. Tammany at the time. My dad’s little frame house in Arabi floated down Judge Perez. My MIL’s house in Buccaneer South in Chalmette spent weeks under 10-12 ft of nasty smelling water from Katrina and then Rita. Other relatives had flooding, wind damage and generally evacuated; some stayed away. Now some live in Ponchatoula, Slidell, Kenner, Prairieville, Lafayette, BR, Madisonville, LaPlace,Covington, MO and MS. We live in TX now. Never will forget the sick feelings we had watching this unfold live on TV, knowing our loved ones and friends were experiencing hell, and that all the familiar places we knew would likely be destroyed. The survivor guilt feelings were intense and lasting.