Louisiana *my trip and opinions*

[tinkerbell12]

So I just went to Louisiana.
And the devestation down south there is still horrible.
Hurricane Katrina is one thing about mother nature that I must say I hate.

There are thousands of houses that are still completely ruined and there is no sign of help for them.
There are hundreds (plus) of visable homeless people.
There is acre after acre of rubbish of broken down homes.
There is building after building of closed/shut down stores.

We also went on a swamp tour and heard about all the wildlife that was hurt because of Katrina and because of humans. (**We did see about five alligators though, big bonus!!**)

It's so sad.
We donated money to a few causes and to the animal shelter.
And it made me cry when we went around and we saw all the ruins.
Almost three years and, well, it's just depressing.

People down there are so warm and friendly. It's not fake, either. It was "Hello, sweetheart, how are you today?" and "Welcome to our store, honey."

We got a "tour" of the Upper 9th and Lower 9th and where Brad Pitt is working on all his stuff. It was just so... depressing, really. Some of the houses were obviously never being able to live in again. There were many groups from places like churches and schools working there. We even saw "The Bus" which goes around helping hungry people.

And the whole FEMA thing. Man oh man.

Then we saw Hurricane On The Bayou which made everything 20x more heartwrenching. I mean, not being in touch with relatives for two weeks. Knowing your house is probably not even there anymore.

Then I watched a little movie thing where the animals of people who couldn't take care of them were put into a school and the people thought they'd be safe till they got back. Then a police officer thought he was doing the right thing by "humanely" shooting them all.

And the whole save the wetlands thing was sad, too. The fact that Katrina could have done less damage if there was more wetlands to stop it.

I'm still in shock.

 

[meeshheartsdisney217]

i was just there too.


did you see the hurricane on the bayou thing at the iMax?

 

[ginnygirl102]

I live down here in Louisiana and it was very horrible, but the fact that we went through all that and can still be friendly to anyone who comes our way is a miricle. My area wasnt hit as bad as New Orleans but we were still hit really hard. Well, there you go those are my touching words about my homestate.

 

[cindys_castle2011]

I live in Louisiana, I dont live in New Orleans about 3 hours away.
But we did get hit pretty bad. Its amazing to me, to see how people
come together, to help others. And what you said about the people.
"Hello Sweetheart, ect, ect." Thats the kind of things that makes me proud
to live here, everyone is nice, sweet, kind, ect. to everyone no matter what.
=)

Nice to see that it affected you so much, and I absolutely love that you gave money to Animal Shelters, thats something me and my friends are trying to raise money for. Is all the animals, that were injured and now without a home from the hurricane.

 

[Babyjustrun]

There are volunteers from my school down there (not sure if they're there right now, or if they're going in a few weeks) for Habitat for Humanity. They're helping rebuild homes and other things. I really wanted to go and help, but I wasn't old enough to go.
I remember 2 years ago we wrote letters of encouragement to some kids who were in French Immersion like my class is, and some people even wrote back to us =)
It was really nice, because they really didn't have to.

 

[meeshheartsdisney217]

EMILY.

omgg i didn't even realize you posted that.

when did you go?

 

[pirateprinces_dancer]

I HATE THAT STATE!!!! ugh it sux and its smells HORIBLE!

 

[PurpleDucky]

I HATE THAT STATE!!!! ugh it sux and its smells HORIBLE!

Okay
That is so ignorant of you to say.
Emily is talking about this disaster they went through and all you can say is it "sux" and it smells
What..the..heck
Grow up.

 

[pirateprinces_dancer]

ok you know what thats just my opinoin get over it i can say what i want...and yeah its sad that the goverment is doing nothing to help the people down there.

 

[cindys_castle2011]

I HATE THAT STATE!!!! ugh it sux and its smells HORIBLE!

WTH, There is absolutely no reason to hate this state!!!!!!!!!
Why would you say that??

 

[cindys_castle2011]

ok you know what thats just my opinoin get over it i can say what i want...and yeah its sad that the goverment is doing nothing to help the people down there.

Okay. You obviously don't live here, and don't come here that often, but the government is doing a hell of a lot to help us down here!! So before you go out shouting facts, make sure you got them right!

 

[BearNecessities]

I live in Louisiana, cept I live in northwest LA. I didn't realy get affected by the hurricanes, other than the fact that the population of my city (Shreveport) grew...a lot. A lot more kids in the public schools, etc. Stimulated the economy though.

Either way, I did go along the gulf coast in Mississippi the summer after though. We stayed in Biloxi one night, and it was devastated. We could hardly find anywhere to eat, cause most of the restaurants were on the beach and they were destroyed or closed.

 

[ginnygirl102]

I HATE THAT STATE!!!! ugh it sux and its smells HORIBLE!

OH YEAH? Well you suck and smell horrible (im not positive about that last fact but you get my point)! pls don't insult the state because you offended more people than just me!!