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Loading...Stories from Hurricane Isaac: Losing Everything and Starting Over
- by Colleen H.
- September 10, 2012
- 9:30 pm
George Hebert, shrimper, “I moved into my house a month ago, bought new furniture, and now I have 5 feet of water in my home. We are renters, it will be hard for us to get any money. The clothes I am wearing now, those are borrowed. I am sleeping on a pool table. What do I do now? Where do I go? I don’t feel entitled to nothing, I want to work. How can I help myself? That’s the thing that gets to you the most, you don’t have your independence. It messes up your mind. Last night, I sat on that porch and cried like a baby. I worked so hard. I feel like I am no longer a man.”
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The only SCIENTIFIC FACT to come from this " SCIENTIFIC " ABUSE & TORTURE is that these " scientists…
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Good article,thanks for sharing
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+ add your ownThank you Colleen, for Sharing this!
Thanks for sharing this article
I did not see our hear any of them rioting,stealing,looting and demanding like New Orleans people did in Katrina. These people want to work rebuild and fix the problem instead of having their greedy hands out for more freebies.I hope they prosper
so glad people keep remembering to put faces and personal stories to such tragedies that collectively we must address, usually via government services and programs
so sad:-(
Sad and life continues....bless the courage of those who survive the worst.
tragedy has a face
Wouldn't it make more sense to build new neighbourhoods [in their entirety] out of harm's way rather than repair them at the risk of further flooding? In this way the land could be used to create national parks and recreational areas. Further development should be banned - I wouldn't want to see business developer's profit from a person's personal loss.
The levees are part of the problem. For years we have tried to control the waters of the Mississippi River and all we have done is prevent the building of new land in the delta area by building up the levees and putting control locks up to stop the river from moving like it historically does. The river bed has always moved, until man decided they knew better than nature. These actions have caused errosion of the delta lands and stopped the creation of new delta land. If people want to live there, fine. But they should know that they will flood, and that they need to live in a way that will protect them and the delta lands.
Thank you for sharing these stories--since National news didn't find it worthy!
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