8-29-2005 KATRINA

AUGUST 29 2005

HURRICANE KATRINA
PLEASE WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 1400 PLUS PEOPLE WHO DIED AT THE HANDS
OF THIS HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HURRICANE.WE MUST REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED ,WE MUST REMEMBER
THE PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED WE MUST MOST IMPORTANTLY ,REMEMBER THOSE WHO WORKED ENDLESS HOURS DAYS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAPPED ON ROOFS ,THE PATIENTS ,HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO WERE LEFT STRANDED IN FLOODED HOSPITALS WITH AS MUCH AS 8 FT OF WATER.
THOSE SURVIVORS RESCUERS EMPLOYEES EVERYONE WAS TOUCHED IN SOME WAY AFTER THE KATRINA.EVERYONES LIFE HAD CHANGED BECAUSE OF KATRINA,BUT MOST IMPORTANT,EVERYONE
REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT LIFE MEANS TO THEM

IT WILL TAKE MANY MANY MORE YEARS FOR EVERYONE TO ..SOME TO COME TO A CLOSURE..
TOO MANY ,THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED FOREVER.
FOR ,i SPEAK FOR MYSELF.i WAS A HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE IN ONE OF THOSE HOSPITALS DURING kATRINA It was horrific..no one can ever understand the turmoil the fear the sadness
etc I FELT THE HELPNESS I FELT FOR THE PATIENTS ASKING FOR WATER ICE JUST TO HAVE AIR
THEY DIED ALONE WITHOUT FAMILY
I ALL WORKERS HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.CELL PHONES DIDNT WORK
AND WOULD NOT WORK FOR MONTHS TO COME THE BUILDING SHOOK THE FLOOR SHOOK I JUST KNEW I WOULD DIE WITHOUT MY FAMILY AND ,WORSE THAT NO ONE WOULD FIND ME AT ALL
MY HOME WOULD THERE BE ONE TO GO TO,,,
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE THE CITY LOOKED LIKE AN ATOM BOMB HIT,,NO ON COULD HAVE EVEER PREPARED US FOR WHAT HAPPENED BUSES BOATS CARS 16 WHEELERS TURNED OVER ON ROOFS IN TH ESTREETS HORROR HORROR
IT NEVER ENDS THE FEAR THE PAIN THE GUILT THE SHAME NOTHING EVER GOES AWAY
THOSE TERRIFIC MEMORIES IS ALWAYS EMBEDDED IN YOUR BRAIN IT RAINS I SHAKE
FLOODS,WINDS GARBAGE HOSPITALS PATIENTS CRYING ETC ETC
i AM OVERCOME BY ALL THOSE MEMORIES I FIND MYSELF ON THE FLOOR ROCKING
JUST ROCKING ,CRADELING MYSELF SAYING NO NO NO NO
MEMORIES FLLOODS INTO MY MIND I YELL YELLL LOUDER I HEAR THEM LOUDER LOUDER
THE WINDS THE WATER I AM DROWNING I SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE DYING
OMG OMG HOW MUCH LONGER WIL THEY LAST THESE DAMN FLASHBACKS
PEOPLE DO NOT GET IT GET OVER IT WHAT? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WE WEWE ALL ALONE 800,000
PEOPLE EVACUATATED THE CITY WE WERE ALONE TO FEND FOR OURSELVES FLLOD DEAD BODIES IN THE WATER
i know I WILL NEVER NEVER FORGET ..BUT,,,I CAN TRY TO COPE WITH IT I GET SO F^KIN
MAD THEY DO NOT GET IT GET WHAT? JASON YOU DO NOT GET IT?WELL I DO AND
THE FLASHBACKS JUST TO EXPERIENCE THOSE FLASHBACKS THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND/

ALL I KNOW IS I AM ALIVE I AM A SURVIVOR AND I JUST TAKE IT AS SLOW AS I WANT OR AS FAST AS I WANT
TO ALL THE JASONS OUT THERE WHO DO NOT GET IT I DO NOT CARE IF YOU DO OR NOT BUT DO NOT JUDGE ME CONDEMN ME LOOK DOWN AT ME PITY ME ETC BECAUSE I AM OK
EACH DAY GETS BETTER

SO AGAIN REMEMBER 8-28-2005
AND JUST SAY A PRAYER

GOD BLESS

PEACE OUT
NAWL