tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945251853357898910.post2532988507111244305..comments2023-10-24T05:18:38.114-07:00Comments on Dawn Chartier's Blog ~ Lagniappe for Readers and Writers: Remembering Katrina Part IIIDawn Chartierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00355349961864919535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945251853357898910.post-64839238736712750472007-08-29T17:09:00.000-07:002007-08-29T17:09:00.000-07:00Dawn, Yes, the 2 year anniversary seems kind of st...Dawn, <BR/>Yes, the 2 year anniversary seems kind of strange. Sometimes I think that it feels like yesterday and other times I feel like so much time has passed since the storm. <BR/>Today, I spent most of the day busy at work and only had fleeting thoughts of the anniversary if someone brought it up. <BR/>The Mississippi coastline still looks bad. I don't travel along highway 90 that often unless I have to. When I do go along the beach, i see a few more construction sites going up. But, it will never be the same. THe construction in spotty and there's still miles and miles of coastline where nothing is being built. Still many fema trailers on empty lots. <BR/>I remember August 29th, two years ago. Me and my sister's family were in a campground in Chipley, Florida, in their small pop-up camper, as evacuees. That camper was our home for over a week. We had 4 adults, 2 children, 2 dogs and a cat init. <BR/>We had no idea if our homes or business's were still standing and couldn't get in touch with anyone on our cell phone. <BR/>The campground set up a tv for us and we watched coverage from cnn and the weather channel. You can't even begin to describe the feeling of staring at your whole world being destroyed/ flooded/ washed away, while you sit in a chair surrounded by about 50 other evacuees. We just stared at the tv screen, crying, speechless. IT was horrible. <BR/>Another strange thing was when we got back home and saw it standing, but that is had been searched for bodies by the fire dept. That was very eerie. Something I'll never forget as long as I lived. <BR/>My family and I were fortunate in that we didn't lose very many belongings and we lived on high ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com