How are you marking the 1 year anniversary of Katrina?

Discuss the recovery and aftermath of landfalling hurricanes. Please be sensitive to those that have been directly impacted. Political threads will be deleted without notice. This is the place to come together not divide.

Moderator: S2k Moderators

Message
Author
Im_So_Depressed

How are you marking the 1 year anniversary of Katrina?

#1 Postby Im_So_Depressed » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:33 am

The nation's most destructive national disaster by many times over.

2000 dead.
Over 120 billion dollars in damages.
Incalculable suffering.
Depression left behind in its wake.
A vibrant city reduced to a repair town.
Racism and poverty exposed within and without.
0 likes   

User avatar
FritzPaul
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 468
Age: 57
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:09 pm
Location: Pensacola, FL
Contact:

#2 Postby FritzPaul » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:37 am

By tracking Ernie and maybe giving Entergy a call for the 1000th time about getting electricity to my house and/or FEMA trailor (FEMA put a trailer in our front yard and everything is hooked up except power and FEMA will not give out trailer keys until all utilities are hooked up) so that maybe one day, I'll be able to move back home.
0 likes   

User avatar
TSmith274
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 756
Joined: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:11 am
Location: New Orleans, La.

#3 Postby TSmith274 » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:47 am

Channel 4 in N.O. is now showing footage of their news coverage leading up to the storm. I've found it very depressing to watch. Not because of the storm event itself, but because seeing footage of bustling neighborhoods, clean streets, perfectly maintained houses, and manicured medians and lawns in New Orleans are so foreign to me now. These are the things they are showing on TV. I found myself getting choked up seeing my city so pristine. I hadn't realized that I had forgotten what we looked like before. I had somehow forgotten what the city looked like when it was full of life. It really has made it sink in... more at this very moment than ever before. I didn't think I'd have a hard time with it until this very moment. It's very weird to see this video from before the storm... and very difficult.
0 likes   

User avatar
Dionne
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1616
Age: 73
Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:51 am
Location: SW Mississippi....Alaska transplant via a Southern Belle.

#4 Postby Dionne » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:53 am

I just finished reading the childrens essay winners about their Katrina experiences. Fortunately I keep a box of kleenex on my office desk.

I had planned to go to The Beau and visit Franks home under construction.

All the men that have worked with me for the last year have the day off with pay.

My new plan is to attend morning mass and spend a quiet day at home.
0 likes   

Jagno
Category 3
Category 3
Posts: 825
Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:40 pm
Location: SW Louisiana

#5 Postby Jagno » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:02 am

TSmith & FritzPaul, not a day goes by that our hearts and prayers aren't extended your way. We lost it all in Rita but somehow we still feel that you folks in E. LA and Mississippi still have it soooo much worse where rebuilding is concerned. Despite the theiving contractors, we had our infrastructure up and running quickly which allowed the rebuilding process to begin quickly. Still, days go by that NOW all I want to do is cry because I'm so sick and tired of debris, sights of ruin and most of all the look of hopelessness in so many peoples eyes. My biggest heartache for you is the trash that the media portrays concerning New Orleans. I get angry every time I see a news article because they act as though every single person in New Orleans was black, lazy and a 4th generation welfare recipient. I've gone back to New Orleans many times over the last year and it is showing signs of improvement albiet in very small progression. Keep your chin up and keep moving forward. I still wake up every morning to the sounds of saws and hammers but that is fine with me because that means that progress is being made.....even if it is noisy as hell and I'd like to sleep later than 6:00 a.m.. :cheesy:
0 likes   

User avatar
redmosquito
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 25
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:39 am
Location: Palm Bay FL

#6 Postby redmosquito » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:05 am

I'm not. Seriously, do I really need to mark it? I respect all the points you covered, but thats the end of it.
0 likes   

EverythingIsEverything
Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Posts: 107
Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:18 pm
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Contact:

#7 Postby EverythingIsEverything » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:20 am

By saying a quick prayer for those, who feel like they can't do it on their own, asking God and his angels to provide them strength and sustain them through this depressing hopeless time they are going through. Amen!
0 likes   

User avatar
Canelaw99
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 2127
Age: 48
Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:27 am
Location: Homestead, FL

#8 Postby Canelaw99 » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:27 am

Honestly, I'm marking it by being glad I"m in town for whatever Ernie brings our way (we were in PR for Katrina and I was a wreck - no S2K, no preps done at home, etc.), and by tracking my amigo Ernesto.....

Hard to believe it's been a year already, that's for sure.
0 likes   

jlauderdal
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 7167
Joined: Wed May 19, 2004 5:46 am
Location: NE Fort Lauderdale
Contact:

Re: How are you marking the 1 year anniversary of Katrina?

#9 Postby jlauderdal » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:42 am

Im_So_Depressed wrote:The nation's most destructive national disaster by many times over.

2000 dead.
Over 120 billion dollars in damages.
Incalculable suffering.
Depression left behind in its wake.
A vibrant city reduced to a repair town.
Racism and poverty exposed within and without.


clearing off my pool deck and preparing for a power outage. honestly i will take what we get if it allows them a break, they deserve it.
0 likes   

User avatar
Lindaloo
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 22658
Joined: Sat Mar 29, 2003 10:06 am
Location: Pascagoula, MS

#10 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:28 am

redmosquito wrote:I'm not. Seriously, do I really need to mark it? I respect all the points you covered, but thats the end of it.


Well then why bother replying to this thread? We actually do not care if you want to mark it or not and that is the end of that!
0 likes   

User avatar
BigO
Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Posts: 138
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:23 pm
Location: Marietta, GA: Knows what it means to miss New Orleans...
Contact:

#11 Postby BigO » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:56 am

I'm trying to celebrate instead of mourn. Sure, I miss the heck out of the place and its environment, but materially my family are better off away from the place. We've made some really positive things happen since the storm and I'm doing my best to focus on those positive developments instead of what we lost or cannot reclaim.

I'm not what you'd call an optimist, but that's how I am choosing to treat it.
0 likes   

rtd2
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 1183
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:45 pm
Location: Biloxi, MS

#12 Postby rtd2 » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:08 am

I started my day by praying for the families who lost their possession's and even worse their loved ones. I kinda dreaded this day as now I'm reliving each hour. I can recall what I was doing and the fury I experienced. its 9:00 and the worst part of the storm was some 2 hours away! 2 hours that changed my community and so many others. 2 hours that ended to many lives! I thankful I made it through alive with my family safe (wife and son evacuated, I could not due to job) The sites and smells will ALWAYS been stamped in my memory. I remember around 4pm leaving work(Keesler AFB) with a co-worker and walking down to the beach in biloxi and crying my eyes out as I looked out over what use to be. BUT with all the death and destruction there is hope and a chance to rebuild stronger and nicer and to educate those who may want to ride out the next big one!
0 likes   

User avatar
redmosquito
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 25
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:39 am
Location: Palm Bay FL

#13 Postby redmosquito » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:39 pm

Lindaloo wrote:
redmosquito wrote:I'm not. Seriously, do I really need to mark it? I respect all the points you covered, but thats the end of it.


Well then why bother replying to this thread? We actually do not care if you want to mark it or not and that is the end of that!


Wow. Great.
0 likes   

User avatar
Lindaloo
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 22658
Joined: Sat Mar 29, 2003 10:06 am
Location: Pascagoula, MS

#14 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:18 pm

I thought so, mosquito.
0 likes   

User avatar
LAwxrgal
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 1761
Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:05 pm
Location: Reserve, LA (30 mi west of NOLA)

#15 Postby LAwxrgal » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:01 pm

I took the day off work and went to church, to pray for the many souls who were lost.
0 likes   
Andrew 92/Isidore & Lili 02/Bill 03/Katrina & Rita 05/Gustav & Ike 08/Isaac 12 (flooded my house)/Harvey 17/Barry 19/Cristobal 20/Claudette 21/Ida 21 (In the Eye)/Francine 24
Wake me up when November ends

hurricanesurvivor
Tropical Low
Tropical Low
Posts: 34
Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:19 pm
Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast

#16 Postby hurricanesurvivor » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:46 pm

When it cools off later, I'm going to go to the cemetery and visit my grandmother's and mother's graves. I really miss them. It's been a sad year.
0 likes   

User avatar
Audrey2Katrina
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 4250
Age: 75
Joined: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:39 pm
Location: Metaire, La.

#17 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:51 pm

Lindaloo wrote:
redmosquito wrote:I'm not. Seriously, do I really need to mark it? I respect all the points you covered, but thats the end of it.


Well then why bother replying to this thread? We actually do not care if you want to mark it or not and that is the end of that!


EXACTLY, I was about to say the same thing, the question was what are you doing to.... not a questiona about what are you NOT doing.... sheee!

As for me, I'll be attending a memorial service... and thinking about the city as it once was...the beautiful Gulf Coast, as it once was... and only hope and pray we can get something of that back--but there are aspects I know are lost forever...

I guess trying my darndest NOT to be depressed *sigh*

A2K
0 likes   

User avatar
alicia-w
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 6400
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:55 pm
Location: Tijeras, NM

#18 Postby alicia-w » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:10 am

I burned ten memorial candles and planted two avocado trees in memory of those who passed.
0 likes   

User avatar
Audrey2Katrina
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 4250
Age: 75
Joined: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:39 pm
Location: Metaire, La.

#19 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:32 pm

What a nice gesture, Alicia! At least from my end... thanks.

A2K
0 likes   
Flossy 56 Audrey 57 Hilda 64* Betsy 65* Camille 69* Edith 71 Carmen 74 Bob 79 Danny 85 Elena 85 Juan 85 Florence 88 Andrew 92*, Opal 95, Danny 97, Georges 98*, Isidore 02, Lili 02, Ivan 04, Cindy 05*, Dennis 05, Katrina 05*, Gustav 08*, Isaac 12*, Nate 17, Barry 19, Cristobal 20, Marco, 20, Sally, 20, Zeta 20*, Claudette 21 IDA* 21 Francine *24

User avatar
NFLDART
Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm
Posts: 171
Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:56 am
Location: Ocala, Florida
Contact:

#20 Postby NFLDART » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:58 pm

My hopes and prayers are with all, both those lost and those who remain. I am however joyed at the resurgence of spirit and hope that has been shown by the residents of the gulf coast. I hope and pray that you will never have to need my crew again, but, if you do, we will be there once again.
0 likes   


Return to “Hurricane Recovery and Aftermath”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests