Katrina
I've heard either from or about almost all of my New Orleans relatives and they are all OK. Some of this is second hand info, it is difficult to get a line in to the area, but it is as accurate as I have at the moment.
Bologna's:
One of Aunt RM (Mom's sister) kids, Maria (a year younger than me with husband and two teen boys) is in Louriville (near New Iberia) at her husband’s uncles home. I'm glad that she called Mom to let her know that her whole family is OK. I just spoke to her and found that they went into Kenner today (with loaded gun in Dean’s belt). Their house is OK, only water in the garage, no fence left and some shingles off the roof. Neither Dean nor Maria have jobs. She worked PRN at Tulane medical in New Orleans, Dean has his own business selling tools of the trade to barbers. Dean’s mother got two feet of water in her home. Aunt RM lives on some property she bought about 10 years ago on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, so she is OK. One of Maria’s sisters’, Susan and her family also live over there. Their brother, V, has a home in NO, but also an apartment in Houston (his job had taken him here a while back ago but his family didn't want to move, so he commuted). They are OK as is their home. Maria's other brother and sister (H and L) live in other states with their families.
My Dad's Family had all been in and around New Orleans, so they are all now very scattered.
Hebert's:
Dad’s sister (Aunt G) has two married sons with kids. Both are from areas that had lots of flooding, but I don't know for sure about their homes; they all stayed at one of the son's in-laws until this week. Aunt G has apparently found out that her house didn't flood (very lucky, she lives near Maria’s mother in law). Both sons have already found out that though the places they worked are gone, their jobs have been transferred to Baton Rouge so are moving there.
Fleming’s:
Dad's brother, Uncle Chester, passed away some years ago. His wife, Aunt M and he had six children. They are all OK. Nadine and her husband's house is on the west side of town; they have no children and are healthy, so they bought a generator and moved back in. Dana, her husband (T) and child are with Aunt M and C (one of the brothers). C and T went in yesterday to look at the damage they had. Aunt M's home is OK, just a downed fence (C lives with her). Dana's house is damaged and furniture ruined as the doors with windows in them in the back of the house broke allowing rain to get in. They'll have to replace floors, furniture, etc. but otherwise, it could have been worse, no rising water got in. Neither knows if they have a job. T will talk to his employer today to see if he can relocate it to Baton Rouge - they already bought a two bedroom town home there for all of them to stay in and are planning to move in later this week - they've all been staying in a hotel room in Shreveport. Aunt M had a liver transplant 10 years ago and now she is on dialysis, so they have to be near good medical facilities. Dana doesn't sound too hopeful about her job, but she has worse things to worry about right now. She has not ruled out moving here with me if things don't work out. Two of Dana's brothers, S and G were on the north side of the lake, so are OK. The other brother and his family (Chip) got out of town and live in River Ridge, so maybe their house is OK too...
My brother, (S), who lives in Baton Rouge said that all they had was wind damage. They are now dealing with clean up of downed trees, limbs, etc and trying to accommodate all the people moving there - the population of Baton Rouge has doubled.
Mom, Dad, and one of my other brothers (D) and his two boys live in New Iberia – they only got a wind and rain storm. They say that New Iberia is full of people from New Orleans also, but they have heard that Lafayette is much worse. It seems that most of the refugees who arrived in New Iberia have family there.
One of Mom's best friends from first grade (Isabel) has three daughters from New Orleans; her son lives here in Houston. So, all of them are at the son's house. Mom gave them my number and offered for some of them to come here, but I haven't heard from them yet.
I talked to a guy who just moved out of New Orleans YESTERDAY!!!! He is going to join our rowing club until he can go back. He is (was?) an attorney for the students at Tulane. He said that it is really like a war-zone. He had to have his gun displayed to go out of the house. He said that he's never seen so much looting, raping, etc - it is really not safe. They and some neighbors had to point their guns at people to get out of there as they were trying to hijack the car. I asked if he knew why they were acting less than animals - he says the druggies first broke into drug stores and hospitals looting all they could get and now they are just desperate.
Our hospital in Galveston is at 100% capacity. 65 New Orleans kids are enrolled at Helen's high school so far - many more throughout the district and neighboring districts. Continental airlines has transferred all of their New Orleans employee's jobs to Houston. Wal-Mart has offered any New Orleans area employee who can come here a job here with $500 worth of benefits (cash card at the stores & money for apartment down payment).
Gas prices are $2.99/gallon - it cost me $41. to fill up this week - a dollar more per gallon than last year! When I bought the car in 2000, when the gas light was on, it would only cost $18. to fill up. Everything seems out of control and unbelievable - and I have a house and job! I can't imagine what those who have lost so much are going through. Dana said that they don't want to impose, as they know that whenever they end up could be for a really extended stay. I feel guilty that some of my family/friends haven’t moved in with me yet...it would be the least I could do.
Bologna's:
One of Aunt RM (Mom's sister) kids, Maria (a year younger than me with husband and two teen boys) is in Louriville (near New Iberia) at her husband’s uncles home. I'm glad that she called Mom to let her know that her whole family is OK. I just spoke to her and found that they went into Kenner today (with loaded gun in Dean’s belt). Their house is OK, only water in the garage, no fence left and some shingles off the roof. Neither Dean nor Maria have jobs. She worked PRN at Tulane medical in New Orleans, Dean has his own business selling tools of the trade to barbers. Dean’s mother got two feet of water in her home. Aunt RM lives on some property she bought about 10 years ago on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, so she is OK. One of Maria’s sisters’, Susan and her family also live over there. Their brother, V, has a home in NO, but also an apartment in Houston (his job had taken him here a while back ago but his family didn't want to move, so he commuted). They are OK as is their home. Maria's other brother and sister (H and L) live in other states with their families.
My Dad's Family had all been in and around New Orleans, so they are all now very scattered.
Hebert's:
Dad’s sister (Aunt G) has two married sons with kids. Both are from areas that had lots of flooding, but I don't know for sure about their homes; they all stayed at one of the son's in-laws until this week. Aunt G has apparently found out that her house didn't flood (very lucky, she lives near Maria’s mother in law). Both sons have already found out that though the places they worked are gone, their jobs have been transferred to Baton Rouge so are moving there.
Fleming’s:
Dad's brother, Uncle Chester, passed away some years ago. His wife, Aunt M and he had six children. They are all OK. Nadine and her husband's house is on the west side of town; they have no children and are healthy, so they bought a generator and moved back in. Dana, her husband (T) and child are with Aunt M and C (one of the brothers). C and T went in yesterday to look at the damage they had. Aunt M's home is OK, just a downed fence (C lives with her). Dana's house is damaged and furniture ruined as the doors with windows in them in the back of the house broke allowing rain to get in. They'll have to replace floors, furniture, etc. but otherwise, it could have been worse, no rising water got in. Neither knows if they have a job. T will talk to his employer today to see if he can relocate it to Baton Rouge - they already bought a two bedroom town home there for all of them to stay in and are planning to move in later this week - they've all been staying in a hotel room in Shreveport. Aunt M had a liver transplant 10 years ago and now she is on dialysis, so they have to be near good medical facilities. Dana doesn't sound too hopeful about her job, but she has worse things to worry about right now. She has not ruled out moving here with me if things don't work out. Two of Dana's brothers, S and G were on the north side of the lake, so are OK. The other brother and his family (Chip) got out of town and live in River Ridge, so maybe their house is OK too...
My brother, (S), who lives in Baton Rouge said that all they had was wind damage. They are now dealing with clean up of downed trees, limbs, etc and trying to accommodate all the people moving there - the population of Baton Rouge has doubled.
Mom, Dad, and one of my other brothers (D) and his two boys live in New Iberia – they only got a wind and rain storm. They say that New Iberia is full of people from New Orleans also, but they have heard that Lafayette is much worse. It seems that most of the refugees who arrived in New Iberia have family there.
One of Mom's best friends from first grade (Isabel) has three daughters from New Orleans; her son lives here in Houston. So, all of them are at the son's house. Mom gave them my number and offered for some of them to come here, but I haven't heard from them yet.
I talked to a guy who just moved out of New Orleans YESTERDAY!!!! He is going to join our rowing club until he can go back. He is (was?) an attorney for the students at Tulane. He said that it is really like a war-zone. He had to have his gun displayed to go out of the house. He said that he's never seen so much looting, raping, etc - it is really not safe. They and some neighbors had to point their guns at people to get out of there as they were trying to hijack the car. I asked if he knew why they were acting less than animals - he says the druggies first broke into drug stores and hospitals looting all they could get and now they are just desperate.
Our hospital in Galveston is at 100% capacity. 65 New Orleans kids are enrolled at Helen's high school so far - many more throughout the district and neighboring districts. Continental airlines has transferred all of their New Orleans employee's jobs to Houston. Wal-Mart has offered any New Orleans area employee who can come here a job here with $500 worth of benefits (cash card at the stores & money for apartment down payment).
Gas prices are $2.99/gallon - it cost me $41. to fill up this week - a dollar more per gallon than last year! When I bought the car in 2000, when the gas light was on, it would only cost $18. to fill up. Everything seems out of control and unbelievable - and I have a house and job! I can't imagine what those who have lost so much are going through. Dana said that they don't want to impose, as they know that whenever they end up could be for a really extended stay. I feel guilty that some of my family/friends haven’t moved in with me yet...it would be the least I could do.
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