Two Years Later...
This entry was posted on 8/29/2007 8:34 AM and is filed under commentary, New Orleans.
Well its been offically 2 years now since Katrina... and I thought it would be a good time to reflect and remember all those people and places lost, as well as, the incredible outreach and help from average people around the country and the world that went out of there way to help and rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast...
I thought I'd attach the first email I could send out after the storm to all my peeps, reading it again I can totally remember exactly how I was feeling right after the madness began... I'm glad the swath of uncertainty has narrowed for the majority of us, but there is still lots of work to do... Finally I just want to thank everyone who has helped not just my family and friends but everyone who has contribute to the slow proccess of rebuilding and giving hope to this awesome corner of the world, We couldn't have done it without you... but thats not to say we are out of the woods my any means, there is still lots to do... But NO and the Gulf Coast are a resilient bunch, and we shall be back and better than before...
"The Swath of Uncertainty"
September 1st, 2005
Hey everybody... I finally got a chance to get online to let everybody know that we got out and are safe...
we got out of NOLA about 3:00am Saturday night, we had no money and my brakes were out, but we borrowed some money, and rolled the dice... We hope you never have to walk though you're house and have to decide what you want and what you can't take... boy does that blow... anyway, we're over at my grandma's place in Panama City, Fl, the dogs have a huge fenced in yard with their own a/c room, so they're pretty happy...We're still really worried about all of our friends who decided to ride it out for some stupid reason... to add insult to injury, I have a pretty serious viral infection in my left eye... but I have some really nice doctors helping me out down here... my company is going to relocate the nola office, so I'll still have a job, if I want to keep it I guess... we're gonna start heading up to NC soon by way of eastman, ga, to stay with Kayla's mom for a little while... so we'll be in touch when we can... 504 area code phones are worthless when it comes to incoming calls... and my online access is spotty... so please let everybody know that were ok... and I'll be in touch when I can...
"the great swath of uncertainty"- on our way out of New Orleans, one of the radio guys in Mississippi, was calling that cone of predicability for the hurricane the "swath of uncertainty"... and we've decided that is a very fitting description for all us wayward refuges... keep all of us, especially our friends who didn't make it out, in your thoughts... also if you can spare a little change try to donate some money to the red cross or somebody that can help... and hopefully we'll all make out through the great swath of uncertainty together...
we'll be in touch...
Dave and Kayla
Kaya and Cody
Found this flag online today... It was for the Presidents
photo shoot visit and speech today...
Image courtesy of Suspect Device
