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14 years ago today
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:49 am
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:49 am
One of the most devastating storms in history made landfall right in our backyard.
Not much can be said about the extensive damage and the amount of lives lost due to the failure of the levees and the subpar relief effort.
I know now New Orleans still isn't the best when it comes to cities, but day by day, brick by brick, were coming back. frick anyone who still tries to bring the people and the culture of this city down. Yeah it has its problems, but which city doesnt? Katrina was the worst thing to happen to this city, but it doesn't mean we will stay under water forever.
Give your loved ones a hug and tell them you love them today, and never forget the tragedy that began to unfold on this day.
Not much can be said about the extensive damage and the amount of lives lost due to the failure of the levees and the subpar relief effort.
I know now New Orleans still isn't the best when it comes to cities, but day by day, brick by brick, were coming back. frick anyone who still tries to bring the people and the culture of this city down. Yeah it has its problems, but which city doesnt? Katrina was the worst thing to happen to this city, but it doesn't mean we will stay under water forever.
Give your loved ones a hug and tell them you love them today, and never forget the tragedy that began to unfold on this day.
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 7:54 am
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:54 am to atrain5
rocked my world. scattered my friends and family all over the country. destroyed everything but our 2 vehicles and a bag of clothes.
frick that storm
frick that storm
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:57 am to atrain5
Senior year of high school. Will never forget anything about that storm. I can still smell that post Katrina stench when I think about it. frick everything about that.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:01 am to atrain5
I did some search and rescue in Slidell. Some of the things I saw was unreal.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:03 am to atrain5
So...14 years ago on Sunday?
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:04 am to atrain5
Grandparents' house in Eden Isles had 9 feet of water.
I'll never forget the look on my grandma's face when they were staying with us up in Memphis and my dad looked up a satellite image of their house, turned to her, and said, "Mom, your house is underwater."
I'll never forget the look on my grandma's face when they were staying with us up in Memphis and my dad looked up a satellite image of their house, turned to her, and said, "Mom, your house is underwater."
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:05 am to Eli Goldfinger
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So...14 years ago on Sunday?
Landfall was made 14 years ago today
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:06 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Satellites were fast back then.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:07 am to atrain5
Wish I could have known New Orleans pre-Katrina. Still love it though.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:07 am to dyslexic
Truly a life-changing event. So many things in my life would have been different had that not happened. Gotta take the good with the bad. F hurricanes.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:12 am to atrain5
Chicken bring back the Katrina thread!
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:16 am to atrain5
I wonder how good the San Antonio Saints would be today if Katrina never happened.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:17 am to atrain5
One of many reasons that I live out west now. It sucks that we'll be pushing 110 on Labor Day Weekend...but I'll still take it over watching the tropics nonstop this time of year.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:06 am to atrain5
Rode out the storm in my house just north of Abita Springs. We didn't have worry about getting flooded, but wind damage did a number on my house and took out a lot of trees on my property.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:20 am to atrain5
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:28 am to GreyWhiskers
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Rode out the storm in my house just north of Abita Springs.
We evacuated to St. Louis where my grandparents live, but we lived in Mandeville about a mile and a half north of the lakefront. Thank God that water didn't reach us. Many of our neighbors however had trees in their house, thankfully we only had our swinging front doors blown in.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:38 am to atrain5
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:45 am to atrain5
I was living in Hattiesburg and Katrina fricked it up something proper. People that assume they are safe from major hurricane damage because they live 60 or 70 miles inland are fricking delusional.
My girlfriend at the time rode it out at her parents house in Gulfport. If you’re familiar with the area, she lived in that neighborhood right by Gulfport high off courthouse about 1/2 mile from the beach. To this day I still cannot believe they survived.
My girlfriend at the time rode it out at her parents house in Gulfport. If you’re familiar with the area, she lived in that neighborhood right by Gulfport high off courthouse about 1/2 mile from the beach. To this day I still cannot believe they survived.
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 9:48 am
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:48 am to atrain5
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:50 am to atrain5
It was quite unsettling for the first few days not knowing if our house and flooded. There were so many rumors floating around and so much was changing so fast. After about day three, one of the neighbors had gotten word back to a family member that we were dry.
It was painful to watch so many people that I cared about go through so much pain and suffering. One thing I will never forget was the guy from Chalmette who was staying as part of our larger group at one of the casino hotels in north Mississippi who couldn't find out any information about his mom for a good two days. She had been forced to stay in St. Bernard for her job.
She ended up getting put on a boat and sent up the river to Exxon in Baton Rouge, but there was a real concern for a while that she had died.
I will never ever in my life forget the smell of the fridge and freezers full of rotting meat and seafood when we cleaned the first few houses. After that, the duct tape would come out and those fckers would be sealed up and hauled to the street with the quickness at any other house we helped out with.
It was painful to watch so many people that I cared about go through so much pain and suffering. One thing I will never forget was the guy from Chalmette who was staying as part of our larger group at one of the casino hotels in north Mississippi who couldn't find out any information about his mom for a good two days. She had been forced to stay in St. Bernard for her job.
She ended up getting put on a boat and sent up the river to Exxon in Baton Rouge, but there was a real concern for a while that she had died.
I will never ever in my life forget the smell of the fridge and freezers full of rotting meat and seafood when we cleaned the first few houses. After that, the duct tape would come out and those fckers would be sealed up and hauled to the street with the quickness at any other house we helped out with.
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