She also flattened Gulfport and Biloxi.
I'm not even going to go into the political impact of these storm. I'm also not going to dwell the repulsive comments from our "fellow Americans". Although the haters represent a small chunk of our fellow citizens, their vitriol hurt. And they're still at it today. I feel sorry for people with that much hate in their hearts.
A lot of the immediate coverage was centered around New Orleans, and rightly so.
There are so many stories of horror and survival. Even today - 8 years after the storm - when you meet someone in line at a festival or in the store, the subject usually comes up. We survivors need to talk about "The Storm". I don't think we'll ever NOT want to talk about it. It's therapy to those of us who lived through it and still want to live here.
I've put together a montage of Katrina's devastation on this page. After The Storm I was out of work for 2 months, so I taught myself basic HTML and created the page. It kind of helped my survivor's guilt.
Memories of The Storm are anywhere one travels in Katrina's path: overgrown lots, forgotten decrepit houses, flattened beachfront properties on the coast. To offset those sights, it is still evident that the area is still coming back, 8 years later.
Oh, yeah. Something else happened on August 29th: Hurricane Isaac. The odds of this storm hitting on the same date as Katrina blew us away. Isaac blew away our electricity for almost a week, flooded our streets. He did much less than Katrina, he was just a nuisance.
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We survived both storms and the ineptitude of the U.S. Government in their aftermath. Today - August 29, 2013 - we are blessed with cool weather and clear blue skies. Many thanks to those who've cared, contributed toward our rebirth and all of the prayers.
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