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I don’t know if other people realize this or not, but when Katrina happened, the affect was spread allover Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and several other states.
I don’t want to “write a book about it”, but there are things I feel compelled to say/ remind people of.
When all the people who evacuated and moved North//West/East (before the hurricane actually got there), it was almost Hell. (I say “almost” because N.O. was actually Hell- Ground Zero.)
A LOT of people tried to get away and it was terrible because MANY had to go as far as Tennessee, and even farther, just to find a motel with vacancies! (which you could only do IF you could AFFORD it.)
There was hardly ANYWHERE to buy gas (or much needed ICE). People were trippin out and buying up EVERY available battery and every drop of gasoline (which was immediately over-priced and rationed).
Cars were abandoned on the sides of roads, because they couldn’t buy gas.
A lot of stores were closed (grocery and mini-marts)- allover Louisiana and Mississippi, simply because they didn’t have electricity or had ran out of gasoline.
The places that weren’t “torn apart” still didn’t have electricity for WEEKS afterwards.. I’m speaking of places that were as far as 6 or more hours away!
And the people affected by that aspect weren’t able to leave where they were, because there were no vacancies for hundreds and hundreds of miles.
It was HOT as HELL, too!
The sourrounding cities were overwhelmed by the influx of so many extra people… and those people staying in motels got screwed too because there wasn’t any electricity- and people were running out of money.
It was almost complete insanity… and there are still many who absolutely believe that it was “allowed” to be as bad as it was/ as bad as it got. (Especially when they realized that they were basically lied to about the city of N.O. being able to take care of them, if they’d just come to the Superdome… .which ended up being poorly stocked.. and in terrible condition to hold that many people.)
Not only that, but there were rogue Law Enforcement officers who did whatever they wanted.. As in St.Bernard Parish, where officers were threatening to shoot people who tried to enter thier parish.. and were also driving around, shooting people’s dogs who’s owners had to leave them there. (I saw videos of these dogs -with collars on- just out walking around and wagging their tails at the officers who then shot them, right there in the street)
The N.O police dept. (caught on tape as looters themselves) were supposed to be giving out aid to people, but a large fraction of them resorted to things like making women show their breasts for bottles of water. (Yes!! This happened, right here in America! And it could’ve been YOU!)
It’s something I never want to go through again.
I feel horrible for all the people who died or were trapped… and all their beloved pets that were left behind. They weren’t allowed to go back and get them… Most weren’t allowed to take them at all. And then, there’s all the critically ill and elderly people who were left inside those SWELTERING hospitals.. and all the people who were wandering the flaming-hot roads and overpasses. (If you’ve never been to this area, you cannot comprehend how miserably HOT and humid it is in NOLA.)
It was and still is VERY sad..
I have friends who were trapped down there and couldn’t get out. (If you didn’t get out before the hurricane hit, you were basically screwed)..
I already hated hurricane season, but now I REALLY hate it! We can’t relax until Aug. and Sept. have passed. We have to stay on alert that whole time.. and make sure we’ve already got ICE, batteries, candles, gasoline, etc. incase the weather attacks. A lot of people still haven’t moved back to N.O.
And, yes, the evidence of Katrina is still there. Many places are still closed.. Many places still have water-lines on the sides of buildings… Many of the previous residents have not moved back… There are still whole neighborhoods that are destroyed. Also- a lot of homeowners were denied by their insurance companies even though thier policies clearly covered the damages.
I, along with many others (people from this area) will never see N.O. the same again. It is hard to walk down those streets and end up at an exact area where you know there was a young girl, floating there, dead. (because you saw a picture of it)…
I know this isn’t the only place in the world who’s had a catastrophe, so I’m definitely not trying to “outshine” any of the other tragedies. But this still was just so much ridiculously worse than it really “had” to be.
We are extremely grateful for all the help that people like SEAN PENN (who actually got in the water to rescue people when no Government officials were there to do it), Brad, Angelina and Sandra. (and all the others who’ve contributed and put forth their efforts.)
The main lesson I learned from this is and would like to pass on is: be prepared for yourself.
If a disaster happens in your area, be prepared to take care of yourself, because this is the chaos that happens when you trick yourself into thinking that your state or government is going to rush in and help you.

R.I.P. to those who suffered and lost their lives in this tragedy that could have been handled so much better than it was.

Chase – maybe you kinda had to be there to really know…
I do agree with you that it’s a crazy place to have a city though. Oh, and by the way, the entire coastal areas of Mississippi were DESTROYED.
Basically though, you’d have to say the same for anyone who lives near a beach, or on an Island, or in California, etc. if we were going by your logic. WHAT are they doing there, when those places could be destroyed? …..

The news media never talks about St. Bernard Parish, a predominately white area that was wiped out completely. My parents’ house there was flooded up to the attic, and so was my grandmother’s house, my aunt’s, and my brother’s. They had lived their all of their lives and lost EVERYTHING. Spike Lee and the media only like to focus on areas where African Americans lived. By leaving out other areas, they are not telling the whole story.