Just You Wait
8 1/2 months ago, it happened. It changed lives, ended lives, changed landscapes, crushed hopes and dreams, ripped families apart, wiped out businesses. We are 2 1/2 weeks away from a new hurricane season. Nagin revealed the city's evacuation plan not that long ago. Any storm that comes this way that is a Cat 2 or up, we must leave the city. There has already been out in the waters a depression that was being watched carefully, it had the potential to be the first named tropical storm. That was 3 weeks ago.
I know a lot of people in the country are experiencing "Katrina Fatigue". Ya'll should live here. Everyone still talks about it one way or another, reads about it, thinks about it everyday. You can't escape it. Then those same people (those who are experiencing the fatigue) will most likely say, "you chose to live there." You can only say to many times to those people, "imagine its your home that this happened to. A home isn't just a house." Its like smashing your head into a brick wall and never making a dent. I hate narrow-minded, closed-minded, empty minded people. Really. I have been hearing about the flooding in MA and NH and while I feel for these people, in the back of my mind I am thinking "now you understand don't you????" You can't control what is happening to your home. And guess what? In a few months, people won't care that your homeless, that your home was washed away. They will be experiencing a different kind of "Fatigue". The thought that it could happen again, at any time will always be there. But its your home, you won't want to leave. You will have to deal with the mold that settles into the walls. You will have to pick your way through your belongings and find what you can salvage. It may be just "things" but they were/are YOUR things. Want some tips? Most people down here will have lots of advice for you in the next few weeks and months. Natural disasters can happen any where at any time. You can chose to live your life in a fear of what can/will happen or you can go on living, enjoying almost every minute of it, doing what you can to make your home better again. Just remember to breath, things may get worse before the good comes, and as cheesey as it sounds, it will eventually get better. Life is kinda funny that way. Buckle in and enjoy the ride. Every once in awhile get the courage to throw your hands up and enjoy the plunge.
8 1/2 months ago, it happened. It changed lives, ended lives, changed landscapes, crushed hopes and dreams, ripped families apart, wiped out businesses. We are 2 1/2 weeks away from a new hurricane season. Nagin revealed the city's evacuation plan not that long ago. Any storm that comes this way that is a Cat 2 or up, we must leave the city. There has already been out in the waters a depression that was being watched carefully, it had the potential to be the first named tropical storm. That was 3 weeks ago.
I know a lot of people in the country are experiencing "Katrina Fatigue". Ya'll should live here. Everyone still talks about it one way or another, reads about it, thinks about it everyday. You can't escape it. Then those same people (those who are experiencing the fatigue) will most likely say, "you chose to live there." You can only say to many times to those people, "imagine its your home that this happened to. A home isn't just a house." Its like smashing your head into a brick wall and never making a dent. I hate narrow-minded, closed-minded, empty minded people. Really. I have been hearing about the flooding in MA and NH and while I feel for these people, in the back of my mind I am thinking "now you understand don't you????" You can't control what is happening to your home. And guess what? In a few months, people won't care that your homeless, that your home was washed away. They will be experiencing a different kind of "Fatigue". The thought that it could happen again, at any time will always be there. But its your home, you won't want to leave. You will have to deal with the mold that settles into the walls. You will have to pick your way through your belongings and find what you can salvage. It may be just "things" but they were/are YOUR things. Want some tips? Most people down here will have lots of advice for you in the next few weeks and months. Natural disasters can happen any where at any time. You can chose to live your life in a fear of what can/will happen or you can go on living, enjoying almost every minute of it, doing what you can to make your home better again. Just remember to breath, things may get worse before the good comes, and as cheesey as it sounds, it will eventually get better. Life is kinda funny that way. Buckle in and enjoy the ride. Every once in awhile get the courage to throw your hands up and enjoy the plunge.
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Excellant post Stacey.....very well said.
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