re: What's the craziest thing you saw or heard about during Katrina?

The day after Katrina in Biloxi, three lots off the beach, I’m standing in my front yard moving random riprap from the yard to the street for the bulldozers (my house is gone, except for the front steps). About six or seven white Navy guys in all blue come strolling down the street and when they get close they nod and I’m like “This is some fricked up shite, ain’t it?”, expecting some sort of mutual response. Instead, I get puzzled looks, and I’m thinking, well shite—I just managed to run across the only group of all-Amish US Navy guys ever and then offend them with my poor language. They’re like, soory, we’re Dutch Navy. They just walked off down the street after I displayed a wtf look on my face. I guess they were here with our guys and were just doing some post-storm sightseeing. Friggin surreal.

Know a girl who was 17 at the time and very attractive who went on a ride along with a couple cops and they pulled over this black guy for no reason. Said they would make up a reason and pulled a gun on him. He happened to be a pastor or something. She suspects they were trying to impress her but she was pretty disturbed by it and being only 17 she decided to stay quiet. I’ve always supported the blue and still do but it does suck there are people out there like that.

We took a 18' flats boat down blind river, through Maurepas, Pontchartrain, and to lakeshore so my friend could get his PlayStation out of the UNO 2nd floor dorms. The devastation of that area 5 days after the storm was something I'll never forget. We ended up bringing 3 people back with us who were seeking shelter in the dorms.

It all started as a fun "undercover" kid thing and ended with something that has helped us mature to this day. It was the saddest thing I've ever witnessed with my own eyes. I'll never forget the view from top floor of that dorm looking out into a "war zone."