Katrina has come and gone, but her memory will remain for a long time. Andrews the only hurricane I have to compare it to and Katrina seemed to be worse - even though we had the east side of Andrew and the west side of Kat. It's probably because Katrina was so massive and took a while to get through Baton Rouge.
Personally, we came through it in great shape. We had more wind than rain it seemed which resulted in a lot of limbs down in our yard. They were relatively small limbs though. Some houses in our neighborhood ended up with large trees down. We kept our electricity until around noon. We actually thought we had made it through with our electricity in place but Katrina surprised us by leaving a lot of winds for after the eye had passed. Being on the western side, we just didn't expect what we got. The electricity was back on around 10:00 last night and the house had remained cool enough. We had spotty cell phone service yesterday, but our land line stayed up. Jack's office is still without electricity today, but that's the only inconvenience we have. We are really blessed.
New Orleans and places further east and south did not fare as well. I can not imagine being an evacuee. I know they long to "go home" but that is not going to happen for a while. I'm sure that there is the reality that hits them that they are much better off where they are with water, food, a dry place to stay and hopefully electricity. New Orleans just seems to be getting in worse shape with more water pouring in. I know there is a great concern in that the water supply has been contaminated, there's tons of power lines down and communication is almost non-existence with land lines and cell towers down. Not to mention the other concerns of snakes, fire, diseases, etc. They've ordered an evacuation of the people left, but nobody seems to know how they are going to get them out.
Prayers are still needed for people all along the coast. While Kat ended up not being the worst case scenario for New Orleans, she came close enough. I can't imagine what would happen in the worst case. Don't forget the people from down here - keep praying for weeks. It is going to be a long time before recovery for many people.
Personally, we came through it in great shape. We had more wind than rain it seemed which resulted in a lot of limbs down in our yard. They were relatively small limbs though. Some houses in our neighborhood ended up with large trees down. We kept our electricity until around noon. We actually thought we had made it through with our electricity in place but Katrina surprised us by leaving a lot of winds for after the eye had passed. Being on the western side, we just didn't expect what we got. The electricity was back on around 10:00 last night and the house had remained cool enough. We had spotty cell phone service yesterday, but our land line stayed up. Jack's office is still without electricity today, but that's the only inconvenience we have. We are really blessed.
New Orleans and places further east and south did not fare as well. I can not imagine being an evacuee. I know they long to "go home" but that is not going to happen for a while. I'm sure that there is the reality that hits them that they are much better off where they are with water, food, a dry place to stay and hopefully electricity. New Orleans just seems to be getting in worse shape with more water pouring in. I know there is a great concern in that the water supply has been contaminated, there's tons of power lines down and communication is almost non-existence with land lines and cell towers down. Not to mention the other concerns of snakes, fire, diseases, etc. They've ordered an evacuation of the people left, but nobody seems to know how they are going to get them out.
Prayers are still needed for people all along the coast. While Kat ended up not being the worst case scenario for New Orleans, she came close enough. I can't imagine what would happen in the worst case. Don't forget the people from down here - keep praying for weeks. It is going to be a long time before recovery for many people.
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