Anyone else having a hard time dealing with Katrina?
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**rescuesk** · 08-31-2005, 10:47 AM

I look at the footage on CNN and I can't believe this is happening in our country. It is like a war zone, only one we had absolutely no control over.

I am so upset by this whole thing. Making a donation seems like such a small pittance compared with the devastation I am witnessing. I feel so bad for everyone that was affected by Katrina. The devastation seems to go beyond "Their lives will never be the same again." This devastation seems like there will be NO recovery for some, and for the cities affected.

I had to shut the TV off last night, I couldn't watch anymore.

Is anyone else as feeling as shell-shocked and helpless as me?

luv2sail · 08-31-2005, 10:54 AM

Sue, I totally understand how you feel. It's so hard to watch. I just can't fathom what it must be like down there and even what it must be like in that Superdome. I just heard that they are going to bus everyone out of there and send them to the Astrodome in Houston. At least they should have better conditions there.

My DH's cousin lives in a New Orleans suburb and she suspects she lost everything but she's alive and well and is staying with friends.

It's all just so sad and you're right, making a donation just doesn't seem like it's enough.

DCLFANATiC · 08-31-2005, 10:54 AM

I know what you mean ... [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/4/4_2_6.gif[/img] I feel terrible for those people. I can't imagine the devastation they are going through.

disneymom9092 · 08-31-2005, 10:56 AM

I am right there with you Sue. It is so tragic and I could not even imagine it.

poohsgirl · 08-31-2005, 11:27 AM

<font color="purple">Definitely feeling very helpless right now.

My aunt,uncle & cousin live in Kenner which has flooded and my uncle owns a restaurant in the warehouse district of N.O. They were lucky enough to have a place to evacuate to, but are pretty much in limbo until they are allowed back in to town.

Right now it looks like another 2 weeks before they are allowed back, but my uncle is checking to see if business owners have priority, especially with all of the looting going on.

My family in NY were planning a Christmas trip to Dominican Republic, but we've decided cancel so that we can go down to help with the clean-up or send the money that would've gone towards the trip. Whichever is needed most. </font>

GoofyMom · 08-31-2005, 11:42 AM

I was watching CNN last night and my face felt absolutely numb. Last time I felt like that, we had just heard my FIL passed away suddenly. My heart aches for all those people.

On top of that, I couldn't help but think over and over again that this is worse destruction than anything any terrorist could ever dream up. Not only are so many lives lost, ruined, turned upside down where Katrina hit, but it's affecting the economics of probably the entire continent. Even in Winnipeg. Our gas prices jumped 5 cents a litre yesterday. I don't mean to turn this around into how this catastrophe is affecting me, but I'm saying this to show that we likely haven't even begun to fathom the ways that this is going to affect everybody.

simbarel · 08-31-2005, 11:58 AM

I keep hearing about the pets.

TinkerbellSweetHeart · 08-31-2005, 12:04 PM

I sit here watching the news, watching people sitting on the highway, knowing that all they wish is to be comfortably safe at home. Since the beginning I wondered though what would happen if New Orleans said everyone must leave. You see I live in Beaumont (southeast) Texas and I know that thousands of people from Louisiana have already come here taking shelter from the storm. Only to know that this morning they are going to move thousands more on I-10 through southeast Texas and onto Houston. The Astrodome will hold them and we Texans will welcome them with open arms. I watch Fox News post pictures of Louisiana and know that in a heart beat, had Katrina not turned north, it could of been us in their shoes. Everyday I tell my self and people around me that "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." I spoke the words with confidence and now I know for sure what they mean. Out there people are coming from all over the country to help, hundreds will arrive but no matter how many show up, each one will make make a difference. The storm has already hit close to home (literally) but my friends were there for college and one of the guys I am hanging with worked on an Oil Rig out there. I haven't heard from him, I am sure though he is ok. God Bless....Everyone.

**Colexis Mom** · 08-31-2005, 12:14 PM

It's devastating. I'm thankful (and not to be callous) that I've been so busy the past couple of days that I haven't had time to sit in front of the TV and watch (although I do bring it up on the computer when I can). I can't imagine what those people are going thru losing their lives, and everything they own

lauren-roxy · 08-31-2005, 12:23 PM

I agree with you Sue. After a while, I have to turn it off, it just gets to be too much to watch. I can't imagine what those people must be going through just to not have the basics like food and water. It is just so heartbreaking.

Belle* · 08-31-2005, 01:09 PM

I have to admit I have not been watching most of the coverage. September 11 is coming up and that is a very hard day for me (and many others) for many reasons. (The obvious plus 2 years ago a friend commited suicide and 6 years ago my Grandmother received the injury that killed her a few days later.) Watching the devastation is simply more than I can take right now.

But I am reading the print coverage and my heart goes out to all those affected.

debsta922 · 08-31-2005, 01:13 PM

I'm feeling exactly the same way. I was so disgusted yesterday when someone was complaining about the rain we're getting this week. I cannot even imagine what it must feel like to see your home, or your city totally under water, it is just horrible.

RobDVC · 08-31-2005, 01:18 PM

I feel horrible for all the people who have lost everything.

mac · 08-31-2005, 01:23 PM

It's terrible. I thought I was having a bad day yesterday until I watched the news, and that just put it all in perspective. My heart goes out to all those affected.