The last few days I've been unable to stop myself from watching coverage of Hurricane Katrina on the news. All day I just sit glued to the tv watching as the flood waters in New Orleans slowly rise.
It's surreal. To think that an entire city could be lost if they don't fix the levee breaches soon. It could very well soon be like our own Atlantis. Our own modern day city under water.
I think the fact that I was just there a few years ago is what has intrigued me so much. Watching on tv I saw restaurants I ate in just completely destroyed by the Hurricane winds. The "twin span" highway I drove on just absolutely destoryed. Even down the coast in Biloxi, Mississippi the casino I won $100 playing craps in is no more.
The wide breadth of destruction is simply unfathomable.
And to think these people all thought they had survived the worst of it when the storm shifted a little bit to the east and didn't give them a direct hit. The day after they were even able to come out and survey the damage. But that wasn't the worst of it. The flood waters were still to come.
Disasters like these bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's shameful all the people who have decided to take advantage of others and turn to looting. Looting for survival, looting to take food and supplies I can agree with. But looting weapons and electronics is just wrong. This is not the time for that. You can't live under a wide screen t.v., even if it is 72'. What's the point of taking that?
All in all, I hope everyone will make it out okay especially all the great people that I came across on my trip.
Stay strong.
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