urghhhh I'm OVER hurricanes ....

Bluefrog · #1 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:17 pm

just to let off some steam .....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH GRRRRRRRRRRR ...... for those of you in the Katrina zone you know what I mean .... when is this ever going to end ?!?!?!?!?!?!

#2 Postby **Dionne** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:39 pm

NOT any time soon.....thats for sure!!! Anybody want a free drowned truck or free firewood?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

HurryKane · #3 Postby **HurryKane** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:34 pm

I feel ya, Bluefrog. Weary weary weary.

Audrey2Katrina · #4 Postby **Audrey2Katrina** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:51 pm

Perhaps they'll give it a moniker: Katrina Fatigue Syndrome! I hear ya!

A2K

Lindaloo · #5 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:32 am

ME TOO!! ME TOO!!

Bluefrog · #6 Postby **Bluefrog** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:07 am

I'm over the long lines ... I'm over the debris ...I'm over the destruction ... I'm over talking about it ... I'm over not sleeping .... I'm over drinking beer all the time .... I'm over the hammering ... I'm over the BIG trucks ..... I'm over having headaches ...... I'm over insurance companies ......... urghhhhhhhhhhhh .. I'm over worrying about and talking about the next hurricane season. :eek:

Bluefrog · #7 Postby **Bluefrog** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:09 am

#8 Postby **alicia-w** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:40 pm

that's exactly why we're moving back out West!!!!

Bluefrog · #9 Postby **Bluefrog** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:26 pm

I love it here (not right now) and I couldn't move away .... I just want a normal day although I know we won't see one for a long long time.

#10 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:33 pm

"normal" is just a perspective. things will be normal one day.

#11 Postby **MSRobi911** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:32 am

I don't know when that will be alicia-w when I walk out my trailer that is on my empty slab and all I see across the tree is the empty lots where 500K+ homes used to be and there is nothing and all I see is the gulf it makes my heart hurt. They tore down the next to the last house on Beach Blvd from Market Street to 11th street today. Ther other one faces Washington and I don't see how it can be saved, but maybe they can. The debris removal people live next to me and say they are taking the house down at the end of my block and the one behind me, those arethe only two structures that are left on my block, so soon it will be only a couple of trailers. Just in Pascagoula there is nothing left on the beach worth saving. Some on the east end may be saved and some have started repairs, but it's gonna cost them some big bucks! Right now everybody is just sitting and waiting to see what is going to happen. There area few new houses being built that were already under construction when Katrina hit and I can't believe they are going to let them build back on only just a 4 foot chain wall...surprises me since the minimum is supposed to be from 18 to 20 feet above see level and most areas down here are right at 11', maybe a little more in places, but not much.

I, as bluefrog said, am just plain over it. BUT this is my home (or where it once was) and I love it here! We just have to wait and see what is going to happen. I have heard there are several lots on Washington on sale for 115,000 to 125,000, but no one is buying....so we will just wait and see what happens since our Homeowners denied us flat out, said all the damage was from strom surge and water driver debris! Like I believe that!!! If I could have found anything that came out of my house underneat all the stuff that was on top of it, I might have agreed, but there was nothing, no part of roof was ever found, now tell me where the heck that went. No furniture save my one rocking chair that I rocked my babies in and that was under a tree that had fallen over, so that would mean to me that the chair was already out of the house before the tree fell.........heck, who knows. Nationwide can't prove what came first, no one was here, no body knows. We will start our lawsuit soon!!!

Mary

#12 Postby **Dionne** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:56 am

Mary.............Try mediation first. Focus on finding proof of wind damage prior to storm surge. You might consider hiring a storm damage assessment engineer. You need definitive proof that you lost your roof first. You may be able to prove this by elevations alone. If your at 11 feet above sea level and the surge was 18'......thats not enough to float your roof away. There are alot of determining factors.....age of the home.....method of construction. For example, if it's an older home with balloon framed walls......your rafters probably were not clipped down. As you know, you were in the NE quadrant of the storm at landfall......you got all the wind. Seek advice from numerous sources in the construction trades and begin documentation.

I'd wish you good luck but luck has nothing to do with it. You need facts. If the two remaining homes were built at the same time as yours.....someone on your behalf needs to look at those homes and determine what prevented them from being blown or swept away by rising seas. Do you know who the builder of your home was? Did you ever have any carpenters work on your home that were familiar with its design?

Just because you got the storm surge doesn't mean your home wasn't destroyed before the water came in..........

Bluefrog · #13 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:28 pm

PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI UPDATE yeah spinnaker pointe condo complex on beach blvd is finally being cleaned up by the corps of eng .......... 7.5 months AFTER the hurricane B***** katrina :ggreen:

#14 Postby **MSRobi911** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:23 am

Yea!!!! for you Blue!! I know you are excited. Our neighbor next door told us today he bought a house in Pinecrest and will be moving out of his FEMA trailer in a couple of months when he gets that one fixed back up...the Pinecrest one wasn't finished being restored but the people only wanted somebody to take over their house note and they moved to Florida. He said he couldn't turn down a deal like that. Oh well....I guess we will be the only people living on this block since nobody else is here and Beach Blvd. sure doesn't have anyone. Why don't you and your mom get a doublewide and move it on her new lot she bought? Then we could be neighbors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trailer trash together!!!!!

Mary

Bluefrog · #15 Postby **Bluefrog** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:57 pm

If Spinnaker doesn't decide real soon ... mom is going to start getting her plans together to build on the lot across from you. I'll build on the Washington side in about 2 years. :eek:

Bluefrog · #16 Postby **Bluefrog** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:16 am

FYI ... I hate Hurricanes !! :roll:

timNms · #17 Postby **timNms** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:41 pm

You'd be surprised at how slow cleanup has gone even as far north of the coast as I am. There's still piles of debris in places and some homeowners who've signed up to have their yards cleared are still waiting for that to happen.

What amazes me is the way the landscape has been changed in my area from Katrina. Even in my front yard, I'm still trying to save my palm tree LOL. Poor thing was almost lying on the ground after Katrina moved on. Now it's propped up and tied to posts. Landmarks that I was used to seeing no longer exist. I'm just praying that the gulf stays closed for business for the next 40 or 50 years! :eek:

And we FINALLY got an insurance check about 4 weeks ago. We had almost $5,000 in damage to our house...wind damage and water damage from the hole in the roof. Finally got the repairs almost completed.

Bluefrog · #18 Postby **Bluefrog** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:07 pm

Tim, I'm with you on the GOM blocking hurricanes for 40-50 yrs ..... I'm pretty sure that I can't handle another one anytime soon. The landscape is so different down here too. I've also noticed lately how tired everyone looks and how much they have aged over the last almost 8 months. I know that I have more crows feet at my eyes and my body feels like it is 10 yrs older. :roll:

Audrey2Katrina · #19 Postby **Audrey2Katrina** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:20 pm

Dang! I feel for you folks in Mississippi; I have a few friends over there (My aunt Lillian lived in Hattiesburg till the ripe old age of 106), and many in Harrison and Hancock Counties. It's emotionally draining isn't it? But venting in this way is a catharsis for the soul. I, too, feel a great attachment to my area; but the future looks considerably worse for us as our very shores are truly disappearing. 'Haps one day I just might join the folks in Mississippi, or at least the Northshore; because I can't imagine myself anywhere too far from what I call "home".

A2K

timNms · #20 Postby **timNms** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:18 pm

Bluefrog wrote:Tim, I'm with you on the GOM blocking hurricanes for 40-50 yrs ..... I'm pretty sure that I can't handle another one anytime soon. The landscape is so different down here too. I've also noticed lately how tired everyone looks and how much they have aged over the last almost 8 months. I know that I have more crows feet at my eyes and my body feels like it is 10 yrs older.

I was in Waveland in late Sept/early Oct. and I couldn't believe what I saw. There was nothing left south of the tracks and north of the tracks was messed up pretty bad. I haven't been to Gulfport or Biloxi yet. I don't think my nerves can handle it after watching the video that WLOX made. I can only imagine what life has been like for you guys living along the coast. We have some friends who live in Saucier/ Orange Grove area, just north of Gulfport. They had $40,000 damage done to their house (wind damage alone, no surge there). It's unbelievable just what this storm did. No wonder my hair (what's left) is going grey pretty fast now! As bad as it has been here, it must be 100 times worse for you guys. You're in my prayers daily.

urghhhh I'm OVER hurricanes ....

urghhhh I'm OVER hurricanes ....

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