Well its been a few weeks since my city has been ravaged. I've discovered that all of my immediate family is well and safe. My extended family is far too large to keep track of when there's not a natural disaster occurring...
My parents took some pictures of their home (the one I grew up in) and of my grandmother's house. My parents' house escaped with only one very large tree crushing it. My grandmother's house had 14...FOURTEEN...trees on it. Here's the more surprising part...there were 5 people in that house when the storm hit. Luckily they are all alive and unharmed.
Other homes belonging to my family suffered similar tree damage and a couple houses had several feet of water in them. My other grandma has a condo that is 4 feet off the ground and it had 6 feet of water inside. That's a 10 foot wall of water that came through. That's insane.
My great uncle stayed in my house (which can be seen in my photos section) and aside from one tree leaning on it and some broken windows everything was fine. He even has running water and electricity now and his phone never stopped working. How crazy is that?
I'm much more relieved and far less frantic than I was a few weeks ago. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and thoughts about this whole ordeal. It was very much appreciated. I plan on making my way back home in the coming weeks once everything calms down and they start letting people back in. I expect it to be a humbling experience.
Another happy twist of fortune. My friend Mike's home was completely washed away. Days after the storm hit he moved up here to Chicago and is living in the empty room I had in my apartment. He already has a job and he is finishing school at LUC. And he was the first of many of my friends who have subsequently moved up here. I just hope the city of New Orleans can bounce back as quickly as my friends have.
My parents took some pictures of their home (the one I grew up in) and of my grandmother's house. My parents' house escaped with only one very large tree crushing it. My grandmother's house had 14...FOURTEEN...trees on it. Here's the more surprising part...there were 5 people in that house when the storm hit. Luckily they are all alive and unharmed.
Other homes belonging to my family suffered similar tree damage and a couple houses had several feet of water in them. My other grandma has a condo that is 4 feet off the ground and it had 6 feet of water inside. That's a 10 foot wall of water that came through. That's insane.
My great uncle stayed in my house (which can be seen in my photos section) and aside from one tree leaning on it and some broken windows everything was fine. He even has running water and electricity now and his phone never stopped working. How crazy is that?
I'm much more relieved and far less frantic than I was a few weeks ago. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and thoughts about this whole ordeal. It was very much appreciated. I plan on making my way back home in the coming weeks once everything calms down and they start letting people back in. I expect it to be a humbling experience.
Another happy twist of fortune. My friend Mike's home was completely washed away. Days after the storm hit he moved up here to Chicago and is living in the empty room I had in my apartment. He already has a job and he is finishing school at LUC. And he was the first of many of my friends who have subsequently moved up here. I just hope the city of New Orleans can bounce back as quickly as my friends have.
niobe:
I am happy to hear that the people in your family are safe and sound! 
dearestemily:
I can always use a drinking buddy. I also am glad that your family is okay. what a fucked up occurance, ay?