who out there was affected by Hurricane Katrina?

Question

how did it impact your life?

Answer 1

I live in San Antonio, TX. While I wasn't directly hit by the hurricane, I definitely felt its aftermath. In addition to the HUGE exodus of people from the Gulf Coast that came in, causing heavier traffic, food shortages in certain areas, and other issues, I lost two very good friends to the floodwaters in New Orleans (They were two brothers from a family who's been friends with my family since time immemorial). One fell into the water trying to put their grandparents onto the roof to escape the flood, and we're not sure what happened to the other, just that he was found floating around in someone's neighborhood. There's also a huge long heartbreaking story involving the third of these brothers and myself that is a result of this flood: in a nutshell, I love him, I thought he loved me, I took him and his family in when they came to SA, he went back to find his other brothers and came home married to a girl he'd known for two weeks.

So yeah, that's how I was affected.

Answer 2

I live outside of New orleans. Our town had flooding too. Where I was was a part of town that didn't flood. It flooded 80% of our town. We were without power for 3 weeks to a month. Days after the storm ice was a rarity so was water. People were panicking because they didn't know when help would arrive. So anytime a store would open they would buy anything they could. No forms of communication were available. Our town was like the black hole. All communication was lost once in our town. Trees were down everywhere. To drive you had a winding two foot path filled with trees. It is almost a year later now. Our town doesn't look much different than the day it happened. That also applies to the areas around us too. People think so much is being done and so much money is being given. Well people in this area aren't seeing much of it. There are some signs of improvement but not enough. There are entire areas that still look as devistated as the day the hurricane hit. I have learned a lot from this experience. Material things are just that...material. Friends and family are the most important thing that you will ever have and Live each day to the fullest. If you have the opportunity to experience something do it.

Answer 3

I live in Florida And it hit here first. No lights for 7 days, no gas for 7days ,no work for 2 weeks. my house was not damaged but a lot of others were and some of those people were still reeling form the 4 that hit the year before there is still damage from them now!!

Answer 4

Another one from Florida we had food and gas shortages for more than a week and we were all saddened by what happened to New Orleans ! We can understand their pain!! We had 4 hit in 2004 and every thing is not fixed yet and our insurance has tripled!

Answer 5

I was. I had the dumbazz worthless refugees staying next door and dumping trash in the yard, partying all night, riding motorcycles in my yard and generally trashing the place.