Katrina video

[Lynette]

Although I live in the Pacific Northwest, my roots are in New Orleans.  Katrina was a terrible storm that will forever shape the City of New Orleans and the Gulf Region in general.  I have friends & family who experienced flooding from Katrina first hand - but nothing like the couple in this video. 


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e0f_1188431929

[gossamer]

Wow....got chills...dont like seeing that....

[LastDyingBreath]

that was hard to watch. 

just underscores the importance of being prepared... survivalism ftw.

[kajunlady]

granted i left new orleans for katrina I went straight back as soon as i could and this just brought back alot of memories for me, since after this one we got hit but rita, /sigh alot of familes lost ther homes and alot more with katrina and my prayer still go out to everyone who stayed behind.

[Drygioni]

Theres a BBC programme called TOP GEAR. Its a car show with 3 hosts that review new cars and are always doing these funny challenges between each other. A few series ago they had an episode in America. The challenge was to see if you could go on a holiday and instead of renting a car for two weeks, could you buy one for $1000 and then after the two weeks, sell it and get most of your money back.

The challenge started in Miami with a road trip ending in New Orleans. The journey was humorous and light hearted until they entered New Orleans. They realized they couldn't possibly sell their cars amid the destruction. Watch their reactions and ask yourself the same questions...

This clip is less than 2 minutes

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