Posted on 08/17/2015 10:25:55 AM PDT by Cecily
Scott and Kimberly Roberts clung to each other in the attic of their clapboard home, praying the gale-force winds and rising flood water would not carry them away.
With shaking hands, they captured the moment they were hit by Hurricane Katrina one of the fiercest storms in living memory on a $20 camera they had bought just days before.
I decided to film because I realised we werent going to be able to leave, Mrs Roberts, 34, said. And just in case it happened how people said it was going to happen, I wanted to capture it.
The water almost reached the ceiling, but I wasn't afraid because I knew I could swim, but my husband couldnt.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Yeah, you can bet that anybody who has rebuilt has greased the appropriate palms. The powers-that-be steadfastly refused any streamlining of any permit application processes which might have speeded recovery, because the slow, one at a time procedures guarantee they can shake you down behind closed doors. If you don’t grease, sorry, permit denied.
Well, New Orleans is tearing down the confederate stuff, so I guess they’re finally getting their priorities straight. /s
Feel the same
Hurricane Katrina, just God flushing the toilet called NOLA.
Does it still smell like pee?
Lady; no matter how good a swimmer you think you are, treading water for a long period of time exhausts a person & you can only do so for only so long.
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