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A Louisiana woman describes Katrina's destruction
« on: Aug 31^st, 2005, 5:33pm »

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This is the blog of one family that fled Hurricane Katrina, and their journey to return home. Michele M. of Slidell, Louisiana gives a firsthand account of her familys ordeal. Michele evacuated to Orlando, Florida with her children; her husband stayed behind.

Blog Entry #3
08/31/05
9:34am ET

Heard from my husband last night. He is asking for food, ice and water. He states that conditions are unbearable. I am not to come home until it is safe and there is electricity possibly three to four months. I have no money. I will not be getting a paycheck tomorrow, so I don't know how I am going to pay my bills.

My brother-in-law hosts a boat website classicmako.com, though it might currently be down. Some people have been in contact with him. One man in Tampa is giving us a trailer, generator, miscellaneous supplies, gas cans, and food. My brother-in-law is going to pick it up today and will try to head to Slidell with these supplies. We had to go buy a truck yesterday to get supplies to them. These people on this website are coming together and donating supplies. Everyone has been so nice to us.

Last night was the first night I didn't sleep with the television on since Thursday. I just gave up. It is what it is. I can't change anything. I have promised my children that we are going to Disney World. They are excited because we haven't left the house since we got here on Saturday. I have been too scared to leave in case my husband calls. My 11-month-old son needs his medicine refilled, but there is no doctor in Slidell to okay the refill. I can't find our friends that lived in New Orleans and Metairie. I can't find our friends who lived in Slidell, but all our family members are now accounted for.

Blog Entry #2
08/30/05
4:01pm ET

We will be staying in Orlando indefinitely. We have been given secondhand information of major destruction in Slidell. I have been told that where I live we had a 25-foot storm surge. I doubt my house is still there, but do not know for sure. The really bad news is that my mom is my neighbor to the right, my sister is my neighbor to the left, and my in-laws live on the next street over. So I can't just go stay with family; they also have nothing left.

My husband called at about 2:30 am CT this morning from a satellite phone. He is okay. We still have not heard from my uncle who stayed in Slidell. No one can reach him. My sister-in-law and her 6-week-old daughter evacuated with me, but my brother and father-in-law went to Hattiesburg. We have not heard from them since Sunday before the storm made landfall.

I will begin calling my creditors and mortgage company and ask them what to do. I can't pay my bills. I have no job, no money, no home, but I do have two children to feed and clothe. I left my husband all of the money I had. I can use credit cards, but he will need cash.

I have not told my daughter what has happened. She is 3 (turning 4 in October). My son is 11 months (he turns 1 next month.) I had all of these birthday party things up on the second floor, but I doubt they made it. New Orleans is flooding now. At times, all of us just bust out crying. We saw on the television today a man whose wife just told him to take care of the kids as he was forced to let her go. Everyone here were just crying. I can't sleep. I just need information.

The kids are picking up on the stress in the house from everyone, but how do you tell your children that they can't go home because it's a possibility we don't have a home? There are no more toys, no more swing set, and I don't know when they will see daddy again.

Blog Entry #1
08/30/05
1:08am ET

We found out tonight that we have lost everything. My husband can't make it to our house due to the water. It is too high. We have been told that there is chest-deep water on Old Spanish Trail which is about two miles to our east. The lake is in my home tonight. We are waiting for aerial views of our area. We lived in Lakeshore Estates Subdivision off of Oak Harbor Blvd. in Slidell in St. Tammany Parish. We literally lived on the lake. My husband has refused to let me come home. We have two children, an 11-month-old and a 3-year-old. We are monitoring FOX News 24 hours a day. We have been told that all communication has been lost in St. Tammany. It looks like Orlando, Florida will be my new home. I was born and raised in Slidell, Louisiana, so this is really hard.

Even though I have lost everything, I am truly rich tonight. I have my children and my husband. Everyone in my family is homeless tonight but safe, and that is truly a blessing. Michele

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