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Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:15 pm to IHuntdux
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Craziest/Shadiest/Scariest thing you saw in Katrina Aftermath
Smell of dead bodies for a couple of weeks in my neighborhood and dad’s neighborhood, you can’t shake that smell.
Fire/rescue walking mountains of debris with cadaver dogs. For some reason those dogs creeped me the f out.
My house was washed completely away and I had 6 or 7 toilets and 3 bathtubs from the neighborhood settle where my house used to sit.
Got to watch that ginormous Navy/Marine hovercraft land on East Beach in Biloxi the day after.
First pile of debris that I climbed over two blocks north of my house on the way to my property was the roof to my house (I had a real distinct roof vent on it).
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:16 pm to WM_Tiger
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My home room at Prairieville middle school doubling in size overnight. Went from 18 kids in home room to 40. Talk about a culcha shock.
Mrs Reevus nearly had a heart attack with all the new students.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:16 pm to AutoYes_Clown
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My neighbor was an active duty USCG rescue swimmer / AST before, during and after Katrina. He told me some stories. The one I remember is that they were rescuing women, children and elderly from the top of a building, maybe a grocery store. Shots were fired and they left but dropped off their pickups. They brought back armed personel not sure of service. Upon their return, the building was completely gone from apparent gas explosion.
has anyone actually compiled a list of all these stories?
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:19 pm to Eightballjacket
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I heard there was a standoff at a downtown hotel between some out of town police officers and NOPD officers who had stashed a bunch of loot in hotel rooms. The out of town guys were told to keep moving if they knew what was good for them.
there was an actual VIDEO posted on here but it seems to have vanished from the web now. tv reporters went up the fire escape and came across a room with a bunch of cops holed up with tons of rolexes & guns & shite. cops told them they needed to leave and i think pretty much shoved them out the door.
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Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:19 pm to ThatMakesSense
Your dad and the rest of the flyboys are grade a badasses, especially after their showing for Katrina. I ran small boats in the Guard out of Mississippi, worked with them on different ops a good bit over the years and knew they were good, but absolutely nothing compares to what they did post Katrina. Definition of heroes.
One of the wildest things I saw/did, a buddies family owned a bank, and one of the branches on the coast was destroyed. I see his vehicle at said bank while working, he saw there were 3-4 of us armed, walked out carrying about $350k cash and asked us to escort him back to their main office vault.
One of the wildest things I saw/did, a buddies family owned a bank, and one of the branches on the coast was destroyed. I see his vehicle at said bank while working, he saw there were 3-4 of us armed, walked out carrying about $350k cash and asked us to escort him back to their main office vault.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:19 pm to glassman
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Not in the Dome. The conditions were awful, ran out of food and water and no toilets. But it is an urban myth that people were being raped and killed. How do I know? My cousin is married to the guy who was in charge of the National Guard. Saw him at Thanksgiving that year and asked how bad was it. He said it was terrible and the suffering was awful, but not anything like wholesale carnage. He is now a retired General. So, I'm taking his word over any other person.
This. My aunt was in the dome after her house flooded. Lack of food and water, bathrooms were terrible, hot, etc. But people weren't in there raping and murdering everyone.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:21 pm to IHuntdux
Saw a couple dead bodies just on the curb with sheets on them. Pretty wild for a high school senior to deal with that.
We went to check on all my cousins' houses/apartments and I was given a .357 just in case. Obviously didn't have to use it, but it was crazy that we had to strap up
Didn't witness a single act of violence though.
ETA:
And anyone that was down there in the days after can relate when I say the general smell in New Orleans, especially on seriously flooded streets, was something I will never forget. Burned into my nostrils.
We went to check on all my cousins' houses/apartments and I was given a .357 just in case. Obviously didn't have to use it, but it was crazy that we had to strap up
Didn't witness a single act of violence though.
ETA:
And anyone that was down there in the days after can relate when I say the general smell in New Orleans, especially on seriously flooded streets, was something I will never forget. Burned into my nostrils.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:21 pm to eScott
is Charity the hospital where they started euthanizing patients because they were dying slowly and painfully without any hope of rescue?
i remember some really bad shite going down at some of the hospitals.
i remember some really bad shite going down at some of the hospitals.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:25 pm to CAD703X
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is Charity the hospital where they started euthanizing patients because they were dying slowly and painfully without any hope of rescue?
i remember some really bad shite going down at some of the hospitals.
My aunt stayed behind at a hospital I won't name to take care of patients. She is a nurse practitioner. She still won't talk about it really. I think they lost several patients that would have survived had they had more staff and/or any sort of evacuation plan.
She did tell us a story of finding the janitor of their floor and his family moved into the hospital because their house was under water. They stayed there for like a week as their shelter.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:28 pm to IHuntdux
What is the best book on the Hurricane? Interested in reading an accurate chronology that can broadly cover the topic.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:36 pm to TheCaterpillar
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is Charity the hospital where they started euthanizing patients because they were dying slowly and painfully without any hope of rescue?
Southern Baptist Hospital. Yes it most likely happened. No one was convicted even though charges were brought.
Theres a startling podcast on NPR called "playing god" that goes into the gory details. Definitely brings it all back.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:36 pm to CAD703X
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is Charity the hospital where they started euthanizing patients because they were dying slowly and painfully without any hope of rescue?
That was Baptist on Napoleon. If I remember correctly a doctor and nurse gave drug cocktails to some patients who already to far gone and would not be able to be rescued. The attorney general brought charges before a grand jury but there was no indictment. (IIRC)
I did know a guy who evacuated to the Tulane med school with his dad who was a researcher. After 4 they got rescued but they had to euthanize about 30-40 lab animals.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:39 pm to GetBackToWork
quote:this right here is why you should prepare for SHTF
Watching people fight for gas was not something we expect to see.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:40 pm to Slagathor
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Next to the pot containing her head were carrots and potatoes that had been cut up; none had been placed in the pots. In the oven were turkey-basting trays containing human legs and arms, the source said. At least one of the pans had seasoning sprinkled on the limbs, the source said.
That story always made me think of Yosemite Sam trying to cook Bugs Bunny in a loony toons cartoon pot...
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:41 pm to jimbeam
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Watching people fight for gas was not something we expect to see.
this right here is why you should prepare for SHTF
Why? Unless they evacuated early enough, the traffic was awful. I know how to walk, been doing it 31 years.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:43 pm to TexasTiger08
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What is the best book on the Hurricane? Interested in reading an accurate chronology that can broadly cover the topic.
The Great Deluge by Doug Brinkley
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:44 pm to Dizz
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That was Baptist on Napoleon
It was called Memorial then. But yes that's the one.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:45 pm to REG861
Dr. Anna Poe iirc
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:45 pm to IHuntdux
Someone posted some pics here of huge watersnakes that got displaced by the water. They were resting on the structure of some type of oil rig in the water. These snakes were giants. I’ve sesrched and have never been able to find those pics again.
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