1 post tagged “katrina”
How many places have you lived in your life?
Technically two places, but they were towns right next to each other. So, there wasn't much of a change for me. :) I moved from Gulfport, Mississippi to Biloxi when I was in the 4th grade. I still went to the same school, my friends stayed the same, just my house was different.
This is an exaggerated idea of what home was like but it's the way i want to remember it, damn it! this is the day of a kite festival we have every year pre-Katrina. I couldn't bear to put up an image of what it looks like now. Google it. Back home everyone refers to time as Pre or Post Katrina.
I remember that was the most stressful week for me. i am up at school in Virginia, so here it was only getting coverage on CNN (Thanks Anderson Cooper!!). I was running around all day thinking 'There is a category 5 Hurricane that is going to hit my home! My house is going to be gone. Oh God x 4." And of course, no one else was really concerned about it because it wasn't there house. I couldn't get a hold of my dad, so i had no idea if he was trying to stay or not. He started driving North-East and ended up running out of gas. My dad had to sleep at a gas station in Alabama, waiting for it to open up. Thankfully, my house was alright. Back home no one asks "did you get damage from the storm," it's "how much damage?" We were WAY better of than so many people. However, the whole area where i grew up along the Gulf Coast is destroyed. A lot of memories are just that now. On the bright side, this is a really good opportunity for the Coast of Mississippi to get back on it's feet economically. Boo Hurricanes!
