Reply #75: I don't know why people 'out there' just aren't getting it...

[lavenderdiva]

Its not rocket science, for God's sake! It was a horrific storm, and devastated the coastlines of several states. All they have to do is open their eyes, and see the remnants and devastation. I think people shut their eyes and minds and hearts to things that are just too powerful, and may require more than they feel comfortable knowing. (For example * and how he is screwing up the country, and they don't want to hear 'censure', much less 'impeach')

How anyone can just stand by and do nothing is beyond me. I did what my friends would have done for me, had the circumstances been reversed. One of the people who stayed here, we didn't even know before, but she was a friend of one of our friends, and she had nowhere else to go. Of course, you open your home and help. That is what I hope someone would do for me. They just needed a placed to go and feel safe. Some returned to things just the way they left them. Some returned, and nothing was the same. My former N.O. next door neighbor lost her house, her job- she got fired because her company moved away. She is trying to rebuild, and then she will move somewhere else. She has decided she can no longer stay there. She wants to rent her home, if it is possible, and find a new life elsewhere. Since last August, she has had no trash pick up. All the trash that washed up to her house is still there, along with every thing that was in her house that was taken out to rebuild it. All just sitting in the front, and no trash pick up for oh, now going on 7 months. She has had no television or internet access in 7 months. They have been to her house repeatedly to try to hook her up, but won't dig to find the problem. She has had no mail in 7 months, no paper delivery in 7 months. Since she hasn't seen television or a newspaper, she doesn't even know current news sources other than what they talk about at work, or what she tried to hear on the radio. She hasn't had a kitchen to cook dinner in 7 months. She has a little dormitory-style 1-burner cooker, and a dormitory refrigerator. That's it. She has been sleeping on a blow-up mattress for 7 months. She is tired of living this way, and doesn't see it changing anytime soon. So she wants to move to where she can have a normal life.

Its weird, because the 3 other people who stayed with us, just drove back home and picked up their lives where they left off. Same jobs, same houses (only lost 2 shutters from their houses), they have TV, mail comes to their house every day, they can drive around without fear of getting nails and flat tires. And these people only live across town from each other. But its very different worlds....

You will continue to be in my prayers, merh. Do not lost hope. You are in a lot of DUers thoughts. Thank you for posting your videos. They are powerful reminders of what happened. People need to see them, and see for themselves just what happened and how difficult handling the aftermath is.

Peace, love, and hope to you...:hug: