Hurricane Katrina Pictures

[dreamflower]

Thanks to the combined efforts of danachan who finally managed to sort things out and get them posted for me, and to grey_wonderer who got them onto Photobucket for me, I am finally able to show everyone these pictures from Hurricane Katrina...


The first seven pictures are my yard the day after the storm...
















The seventh picture is my holly tree. It was propped up, and hasn't died yet, though it still leans at about a 45 degree angle...


The next three were taken a few days later...



...backyard...





marigoldg's Mom...



...the three guys in the background are my Marine "angels"...


...Backyard again...




...More pics of my "angels" at work...








...couple of me, standing next to the rootball of my Sycamore tree...




...the day the bobcat came to clear away the rootballs...








...my friend, Lady E.'s home...



...and across the street from her house, there is a view of the harbor; there used to be a lawyer's office in the way...





...her next door neighbor...


...her church...


...this is the McDonald's that was just across the street from her; the curved area is where the drive-thru was...



...the bookstore behind the lawyer's office...



...some pics of us sifting through her rubble...





...across the street on the other side; the building looks all right, but it was completely gutted on the inside...


...and a couple of more shots of the view from her place...







At any rate, the workers finally arrived at about 12:30; it remains to be seen how much they will accomplish today, but I feel a little bit more hopeful now...

Comments

[shirebound]

Wow, that's quite a saga. It's amazing to imagine the force it took to rip up those trees.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how your house survived the storm, with all that destruction all around it. I'm glad to hear the workers arrived, and hope things work out okay for you.

[nixnivis.livejournal.com]

*mute, wide-eyed stare*

I will almost never complain about our cold weather ever again. This is just... just... yikes. :-o

Is it bad that I read "hobbit" instead of "bobcat"? :-P

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just - wow. Pretty close to what I'd imagined, but just amazing to actually see the pics.

[isil-elensar.livejournal.com]

Wow. I still look at pictures and just.. am amazed at it all. Still.

((((((huggles)))))))

[etharei.livejournal.com]

*hugs tightly* I reckon those workers heard Sam coming *wise nod*

Those images are frightening. We really forget about the true force of nature until something like this happens and reminds us of how powerless we can still be. I'm so glad that you and your family came out of it safely.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I felt so sorry to see all your lovely trees uprooted . . . and then I saw what was left of your friend's house. I cannot imagine having to pick up my life again after that.

[topaztook.livejournal.com]

Wow. Truly awesome, in the old-fashioned sense of the word. Glad to hear that the workers finally arrived, and please know that there are still people thinking of and praying for you and the other survivors of hurricanes and earthquakes this year.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

...damn.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Whoa. I kept reading the picture descriptions and thinking, "What is she talking abou.... oh."

I am so very glad you are still around to show us pictures...

[dreamflower]

I know. And that sycamore rootball? There was a place a few blocks from here that had a rootball that just *dwarfed* it--must have been ten feet in diameter, at least...

[dreamflower]

Our particular street and our particular area was very lucky indeed.

The workers worked till it got dark; but they didn't get as much done as he said they were going too...

[dreamflower]

Yeah, this kind of puts things in perspective, weather-wise.

I read almost everything as "hobbit", so, no, *I* don't think it's bad...LOL!

[dreamflower]

Well, I'm sure you've seen your share of hurricane damage where you are. But it's still kind of stunning to look at.

Whenever I get to feeling sorry for myself, I look at the pic of Lady E.'s place.

[dreamflower]

It's pretty amazing to see in person, too. Still.

(((((((huggles back)))))))))

[dreamflower]

I hope so. We now have two walls framed, and they cut off the damaged overhang. They worked four and a half hours today...

There really aren't enough words for how scary it is...I'm very glad we were safe, believe me.

[dreamflower]

Yeah, the trees are sad...

But Lady E. says that in some ways its easier to have nothing at all, than to have to try and put it back together again. I just think she's very brave...as are my other friends who lost their homes.

[dreamflower]

Thoughts and prayers are always welcome, and comforting. Thank you.

[dreamflower]

Yeah, pretty much...

[dreamflower]

Well, it was what *had* been there. I think the McDonalds really got me. No way to tell what had been there unless you already knew.

And...

Me too.

[slightlytookish]

Wow. What horrible devastation. It's a miracle that your house survived all that. I hope your friend Lady E is doing okay.

*hugs*

[pipspebble.livejournal.com]

Oh, my dear, what you have been through! And are still going through. I am so glad your house survived, but, oh, your poor trees! SOOOOO very happy you're allright!

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

The last five pics didn't show up for me. But whoa. Those poor trees! It's a miracle your house wasn't knocked down too. And, um, if you can find them again, send those hunky angels my way. :P

[dreamflower]

She's coping. She really is showing remarkable good spirits and bravery for the situation she's in. But she's a very special person. I think of all her books--she had a remarkable library--all gone.

(((hugs back)))

[dreamflower]

It's a pain. But we were among the lucky ones, as I constantly remind myself.

And I'm happy we're all right, too.

[dreamflower]

I still can't believe all those trees fell *away* from the house: it was kind of a miracle.

They were sweetie-pies. And, yeah, kind of hunky. *grin* But I don't think you'd like to get them there the way I got them here.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Amazing photos. I remember when I looked through them before. I am so glad that you were able to post them. So unbelievable that anything could do that much damage.

[songspinner9.livejournal.com]

Woah. Saw these at lunch and decided to show them to my class, which had raised a lot of money for the Red Cross. They were standing there with big eyes, especially at that rootball (they'd just come back from the Lifelab garden downstairs) and then got a lot of grins at the "angel" Marines. It's nice to see positive things. They all said to say they're glad that they holly tree is still alive, btw., in addition to yourself. :)

[prim-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh, those big trees! *Shivers*

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

oh gosh...

[westwindschild.livejournal.com]

Wow! All the footage on CNN that I've watched in the past months, and these pix still are overwhelming! So glad you and yours came through. *shivers*

[dreamflower]

Yeah, between you and Dana, I finally got them up. I wish I were not so incompetent with the computer...

It's still pretty mind-boggling.

[dreamflower]

You thank your class and give them all big hugs from me for their fund-raising efforts. Every little bit helps, believe me!

I am glad about the holly tree too. It was my Marine "angels" who propped it up for me in the first place, for I was quite sure it would never survive, and it broke my heart, for that was the first tree we planted on this lot, 29 years ago.

You know, those young men were on leave from Iraq. One of them told me that it looked *worse* here than it did in Baghdad...

[dreamflower]

Yes. Very big, and believe me, when I think they could have come down on the house instead of the fence, I shiver too.

[dreamflower]

Gosh pretty much describes it.

[dreamflower]

Well, it's one thing to see on the TV news, where you expect to see disasters, and it's another to see pictures people took in their own front yards, if you know what I mean?

And we are very glad we came through as well.