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re: The 20th anniv of Katrina is a month away. Does it still haunt you or did you make peace?
Posted on 7/28/25 at 3:18 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Posted on 7/28/25 at 3:18 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I still think about it but mostly it's the fond memories that stick out. Housing a bunch of people at our place in BR, finally hearing from my mom who had to stay at the hospital she worked at at the time, crashing in the FEMA trailer when I'd come visit to party with friends, working on the house with mom, step dad, and the handyman they hired (we cut up quite a bit and I learned a lot.)
The bad has faded, and especially since my mom passed.
The bad has faded, and especially since my mom passed.
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Posted on 7/28/25 at 3:18 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
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Does it still haunt you
every time I look at the house i live in now i remember the house i lived in then.
every time i have to travel hours to meet friends/family i used to live 5-15 min away from.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:01 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I don’t know if gaunt is the right word
There are plenty of places that have been vacant for 20 years.
There are plenty of places that have been vacant for 20 years.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:10 pm to danilo
quote:
We ever get a confirmed update on Lootie? I guess he is dead by now?
He was last spotted surfing on the lava in Hawaii 5 years ago
This post was edited on 7/28/25 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:12 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I made peace that Louisiana will never change. After the storm, we were given a blank check to fix all the wrongs. We had some of the world's brightest minds converge on the area with an unlimited budget, and we still fricked it up. Once I made peace with that, I packed up and left. I have fun going back and visiting, but after a few days I remember why I left.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:35 pm to HeadCall
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Do they disintegrate or something? I didn’t know they had an expiration date.
Not to sound like a dick but if a blue tarp roof was meant to last 20+ years don’t you think everyone would have blue tarp roofs?
It would be much cheaper.
shite my neighbors blue tarps lasted maybe 1-2 years after Ida.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:44 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I was one of the first to the 9th ward and chalmette area working for Fema. The things I witnessed still upset me today.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:51 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I made peace that Louisiana will never change.
Katrina made me a take a bit harder look at who the people of the state elected, over and over again. Babblin Blanco, the Landrieu family, etc.I realized the state was a lost cause.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:52 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I made peace that Louisiana will never change. After the storm, we were given a blank check to fix all the wrongs. We had some of the world's brightest minds converge on the area with an unlimited budget, and we still fricked it up. Once I made peace with that, I packed up and left. I have fun going back and visiting, but after a few days I remember why I left.
Took the words out of my mouth.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:52 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Every late-Aug. or early-Sept. while watching shite ramp up in the tropics, I've gotten anxiety, like "Is this the year I'm gonna go 9 days without electricity/AC...or will this be another one like Katrina where I went 21 days straight w/o power?"
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:54 pm to H newman
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I was one of the first to the 9th ward and chalmette area working for Fema.
So you showed up 2 months after the storm passed?
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:55 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I did okay in Katrina. My problem was Ida.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:56 pm to pbro62
quote:What are the real numbers on this? How many N.O. People remained in BR 5 years later? BR seemed on its way down to me pre-Katrina.
Royally fricked up BR and went from a great college town to a struggling city
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:57 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Best story I have was from a friend that was a cop at the time in Houston. He was working the astrodome and had to arrest a teenager for shooting/killing another teenager.
My buddy was in shock at how brazen this kid was during the process. The kid said something to the effect of “I’ll only do 6 months. That’s how it works in Louisiana.”
Too which my friend replied with “Hah well we aren’t in Louisiana, buddy. We take murders serious here in Texas.”
It was like God himself shined a big light on all the cockroaches/dysfunction in Louisiana. “How/Why do people live there?”
My buddy was in shock at how brazen this kid was during the process. The kid said something to the effect of “I’ll only do 6 months. That’s how it works in Louisiana.”
Too which my friend replied with “Hah well we aren’t in Louisiana, buddy. We take murders serious here in Texas.”
It was like God himself shined a big light on all the cockroaches/dysfunction in Louisiana. “How/Why do people live there?”
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:59 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:List the wrongs and how they'd be fixed.
After the storm, we were given a blank check to fix all the wrongs
quote:Who? What unlimited budget?
We had some of the world's brightest minds converge on the area with an unlimited budget,
Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:59 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
I lost my house in Buras, Louisiana and it changed me forever.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:16 pm to Jake88
I think the population went from just over 400k to over 600k which remained and let’s say it was not New Orleans finest that found BR.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:26 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Katrina is when I first signed on to Tigerdroppings to follow the thread. I’ve been addicted to this place ever since.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:27 pm to pbro62
I stayed and remember listening to WWL and people calling after the storm passed late on Sunday saying the water is rising up in the street and the news guy was just asking questions because the storm had passed they didn't alert people or news about the levee failures.
Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:37 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Still haunted..started watching g a Katrina documentary last night...had to turn it off.
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