I see in news Nagin has been re elected hope he is able to do some thing for every one.
i guess most of the money that should be used there will go on the war and space programmes
Postet at: May 24, 2006, 10:11:26 AM
this site natural disasters is great for finding out the real impact of katrina.
well worth a visit
Natural disasters pictures from katrina and other storiesone of the former well builtup streets now no houses
Postet at: May 25, 2006, 11:37:56 AM
just been to this site
Natueral disasters and read some of the stories in it about the hurricane.
this is one of the stories
Denise Moore's story
Hi All,
Another side of what's happening in New Orleans. This should make us all
do more than just bemoan the situation.
Subject: a survivor's story: Katrina in New Orleans
i heard from my aunt last night that my cousin Denise
made it out of New Orleans; she's at her brother's in
Baton Rouge. from what she told me:
her mother, a licensed practical nurse, was called in
to work on Sunday night at Memorial Hospital
(historically known as Baptist Hospital to those of us
from N.O.). Denise decided to stay with her mother,
her niece and grandniece (who is 2 years old); she
figured they'd be safe at the hospital. they went to
Baptist, and had to wait hours to be assigned a room
to sleep in; after they were finally assigned a room,
two white nurses suddenly arrived after the cut-off
time (time to be assigned a room), and Denise and her
family were booted out; their room was given up to the
new nurses. Denise was furious, and rather than stay
at Baptist, decided to walk home (several blocks away)
to ride out the storm at her mother's apartment. her
mother stayed at the hospital.
she described it as the scariest time in her life. 3
of the rooms in the apartment (there are only 4) caved
in. ceilings caved in, walls caved in. she huddled
under a mattress in the hall. she thought she would
die from either the storm or a heart attack. after the
storm passed, she went back to Baptist to seek shelter
(this was Monday). it was also scary at Baptist; the electricity was
out, they were running on generators, there was no air conditioning.
Tuesday the levees broke, and water began rising. they moved patients
upstairs, saw boats pass by on what used to be streets. they were told
that they would be evacuated, that buses were coming. then they were
told they would have to walk to the nearest intersection, Napoleon and
S. Claiborne, to await the buses. they waded out in hip-deep water, only
to stand at the intersection, on the neutral ground (what y'all call the
median) for 3 1/2 hours. the buses came and took them to the Ernest
Morial Convention Center. (yes, the convention center you've all seen on
TV.)
Denise said she thought she was in h*ll. they were
there for 2 days, with no water, no food. no shelter.
Denise, her mother (63 years old), her niece (21 years
old), and 2-year-old grandniece. when they arrived,
there were already thousands of people there. they
were told that buses were coming. police drove by,
windows rolled up, thumbs up signs. national guard
trucks rolled by, completely empty, soldiers with guns
cocked and aimed at them. nobody stopped to drop off
water. a helicopter dropped a load of water, but all
the bottles exploded on impact due to the height of
the helicopter.
Katrina stories more of the abovePostet at: May 25, 2006, 11:23:51 PM
another story from katrina
On the true human side. We helped an elderly retired couple that had bought the home we were working on brand new in 1954. They were given the $200 for the down payment as a wedding gift. They’d lived there 51 years. The home was 8’ feet underwater. Every belonging they had worked hard for was ruined.
They told us everything in the house is ruined and junk. It added a real touch when we found a 3-Karat diamond ring in the rubble and gave it back to the elderly Mrs. It was her 25th anniversary present from her husband 26 years prior. She had misplaced it years ago and thought it was gone forever.
more stories here
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