You know you've survived Katrina when....

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This is Sooo true!

You know you're a Hurricane Katrina survivor when....

Your only bank deposits are marked "FEMA."

You have lived in 3 different cities in the last month.

You can distinguish between flood and wind damage.

Your ear has stayed hot from your cell phone use.

Your day is spent on hold or talking to recordings.

You have been on vacation for 1 month and have not seen or done a damn thing.

You respond "None" to the blanks for address, phone, or occupation on questionnaires.

Your friends now live across the United States and you know where each resides.

You hug anyone who hails from Mississippi Gulf Coast or New Orleans,including strangers.

You can quote the water levels of Lakeview, Lakewood South, Uptown,9th Wardand Metairie.

You no longer pay electricity, water, cable or any other home-related bills.

Your clothes all smell like Grandma's attic.

You look for mold before using any of your possessions.

Your email list has quadrupled in size.

You know the rates of U-Haul and storage facilities across the south.

You have spent hours bumper to bumper in traffic to go nowhere.

You have gained an uncanny knowledge of government assistance programs from RedCross to unemployment.

Your social conversations center on the details of demolition, mold removal,and roof repair.


You have worn the same Old Navy t-shirt for three weeks.

You now have your hair color formula in your address book.

You have 3 to 7 people living in an apartment smaller than the one you rented when you first married.

Your patience is thin.

You have cussed out anyone who does not respond to your requests.

You are tired of hearing about the problems in the Superdome and ConventionCenter - you have your own problems.

You alternate between feeling like screaming, crying, laughing uncontrollably, and jumping from the 10th floor of your Red Cross donated hotel room.

You can no longer make logical decisions since nothing seems logical anymore.

You realize what a great life you had with a crew of great friends.

You realize how comfortable you were.
And you just want to be comfortable again.

Last ,You go house hunting and can not make up your mind what color Tent is your favorite.
 
Yeah, we actually sheltered at keesler in Biloxi. With these storms, you either have to laugh or cry.
 
So much of that is true!!! I was LMAO :rotfl: . I am much better than I was. The crazy thing is that we are probably going to have to move AGAIN!! At least I can finally get my flooded car out of the garage that I had it in. I am going to copy that and give it to my family.
 

These were funny but the last couple are so true that they made me cry. We just want our old life back.
 
We just want our old life back

We do too :'( It's been 2 month of hell! Things are finally starting to get back to normal , whatever that is anymore. This house and city is nice but it is still not home. About the best thing this place has going for it is I can go to WDW and escape for a few hours whenever I fel like it. Which is alot lately.
 
That is so true.

My DH and DS went back last weekend to help my MIL and stepfather in law clean up their property. It was hard for them see from the bridge where my DH's family's camp on the lake used to be.

Things are getting back to normal for them, slowly but surely.
 
pamkass said:
We just want our old life back.
Oh, I know. I can't believe we're having to move in a month. We were supposed to retire from the Air Force and stay here. Now we're being moved to San Antonio for two years. I want our old life back too.
 
pamkass said:
These were funny but the last couple are so true that they made me cry. We just want our old life back.
Hello Pam. So good to see you are ok. And im glad your house and horses are fine.

Aleatha
 
hi all,
even though this post gave me a smile,we are all still thinking about you and wishing all affected by this and other disasters the best.
 
mrFDNY said:
hi all,
even though this post gave me a smile,we are all still thinking about you and wishing all affected by this and other disasters the best.
AWW, Thank you. We're doing okay here. Things are getting just a little better all the time. Folks here in Mississippi are handling this all this with grace, courage, and a sense of humor. We appreciate all the kindness and good thoughts from everyone.
 
Amazing grace....we fell in love with Ocean Springs when we attended the big Car show there every year. Hope your darling little town survived.
 
Ocean Springs did well. Downtown held its Peter Anderson fesival this weekend and it was really nice. We hope to come back here after Rick retires.
 

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