Monday, August 29, 2011

Hurricane Katrina, Six Years After


Taking just a moment to remember those who lost their lives on August 29, 2005.  All I had to deal with was a yard full of downed trees and no power for two weeks--at the time we had no idea what had happened in New Orleans or the Coast since we were pretty much cut off from the world, but once we began to learn what had happened we knew we'd been damn lucky.  Katrina's eye passed right over us, and an evil eye it was.

Regarding Hurricane Irene, I know that a lot of people today are complaining about how they were told to evacuate when it turned out they didn't need to and that Irene was going to be a monster and it wasn't, and blah blah blah.  Yeah, you were inconvenienced and maybe your cancelled commuter train will make you miss a day of work.  The storm was bad enough for 25 people to have lost their lives and it's estimated that Irene was a $7 billion storm, which is apparently peanuts compared to Katrina, etc.

Hurricane season is HALF OVER.  You can look at it two ways--we only have three more months to go, or we're only three months into it.  And as we've learned, you don't need a tropical system to turn into a hurricane for it to get disastrous.  Tropical storms may not have the wind, but if one of those puppies parks over your neck of the woods and drops a foot of rain on top of you, watch out nelly!  

All I can say is: WINTER CAN'T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!

8 comments:

  1. I'm so glad that you said it. We should never forget those who were lost due to Katrina (and all of those who have not yet been able to recover from it) nor those who were lost this weekend to Irene.

    It makes me sad to hear people complaining about how it wasn't as bad as "they said". It truly was. 22 people aren't here who were here before. We should mourn them and thank God for our blessings.

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  2. I agree with everything you and Eartha said. So what if you were inconvenienced for a day or two? You're alive. People love to whine.

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  3. I agree, also. Katrina is a memory that even those of us who didn't experience her will carry with us for the rest of our lives.

    Irene was a lesser storm, but, maybe much less so because of all of the fantastic emergency planning and preparedness that happened before she hit. We will never know how many people are alive today, because everyone was prepared, knew what to do, and listened when their leaders told them to evacuate.

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  4. Glad you posted to remember those in Katrina. You know if they hadn't prepared, and something horrific did happen, well...damned if you do damned if you don't. Prayers to all those who lost anything in Irene.

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  5. My friend in Jersey complained they got hit much worse, and all the news talked about was how NY didn't get much damage. Luckily, it wasn't as bad overall compared to Katrina.

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  6. Honey, you are absolutely right.

    Pearl

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  7. I too am thinking of the lost lives from Katrina! It was a horrible storm! Irene did damage and lives were lost and those who complain should never forget just how bad it can get!

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  8. It really doesn't seem like it was that long ago. It literally changed the face of the southern landscape. It changed our nation. It's important not to forget.

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