Katrina day

Hopefully I'll make my way around to the event's going on later today... But first I must reflect.

On this day in 2005, I was in My house with my mom, dad, Uncle, older brother, and a load of my cousins , The Lights were out and it was hot has hell as we awaited the storm, everyone slept, my brother and I sat up in the Kitchen talking to Greg about Life in General.. later on as the wind picked up, and everybody was up as well... My Cousins and I were sticking our heads out of the Buildings Hall, only to be stung in the face by Water..lol .. It was raining hard. you couldn't see anything in the distance and trees were falling. It was so fun. At daylight the storm died down to a light rain. we had about a foot and a few inches of water in the area. at that time. We were in the house thinking god that the big storm was over.

As the neighborhood awoke, They realized that They could still walk on the ground, so they went to brake in to nearby stores, savaging goods and also dumb ... we were in the window laughing at people playing in the water... but then we thought we heard Thunder Then More water came.. People started Running and the water got Higher and Higher.. People started leaving their homes to head to higher ground. People were in Boats and things still playing in the waters.

later on we were chillin talking and laughing at what was going on, then we got a visit from our cousins who had walked through the waters they came over to let us know that they needed some folks to go see about My other cousins who were in a home that was near a levee. From there They Left along with my Cousin Gnu, he went to go to my grandmas home which was a far walk away but he managed to make it there, at the same time Greg got up to leave to go see if his daughter was okay my mom told him not to go. but he was determined to leave. The water continued to get higher. I took a nap.. and when I woke up.. Greg was still gone., My Cousin got word that he died, She was crying.. and so was everyone else. We also heard that it was my cousins who had seen him Save a little boy, and then drown. and they couldn't do much about it. Greg was the only loss of the family. All his kids with the exception two daughters were in our home at the time. so we all cried together, It's wild because that whole storm it was as if he had called his death. saying things such as "if this water comes up too high, I know im Dead", and "This is a storm that my Children will never forget" .. he sad other things as well.. and it seems as if he had known it was coming.

During all that There^^^ .. I took pictures and everything ....

From that point on, we saw people helping people get to high ground Tory and Jamal even came over and we confirmed the news that greg was dead to them as well so he went to find greg (never did though). The neighbors were chillin' and Cheddar was running all around in every apartment ..lol It was fun but it was also sad.

The next day.. or so was it.. (because i had stood up ALL NIGHT) .. the skies were beautiful too. anyway ..
we were all on the porch, people were in Boats going to find people. The Neighbors were all out awaiting help., The people in the hood were Trying to manage .. We saw kids saving themselves. it was amazing.. The Guards Came through late, Choppers were everywhere but we were trying to tell them not to get us because we were safe By that time, we found out about who in our families were safe so it was all cool. By that time, My cousins and uncle had all left... My parents, Brother and I stood for another night. The day passed, the night came and once again the light of the moon shined making everything look upside down .. just WEIRD! ... it smelled BAD but we managed to stay safe in our home for another day ...

I was up that night with Nephew (my neighbors boyfriend) He had cooked Breakfast and a load of other food because they wanted to get rid of it. We fed everybody,,, So.. I heard a noise outside and down the court, there were folks from the hood singing War and Survival Chants. I loved it.. Things like "Everywhere we go (echo), People wanna Know, Who We Are, So We tell them. WE ARE THE PROJECT!!, Mighty Mighty Projects.. and then they'd repeat and say "We are the NIGGAS" .. it was funny ..lol .. lol I enjoyed it.. Flashing my green light while they have their white lights... lol .. Later than night my brother and i were playing with the flashlights on the wall like some Wall puppetry..lol

The night passed ... I went to sleep... When I got up.. the building around the corner was on fire, It was a police substation. .. other than that.. the guards came back out and they told everybody that the water was gonna get higher and it was mandatory that we leave .. so we packed up and got to the Bridge ... Even Cheddar was saved :D ...

When we got to the bridge, it was sort of a different story.. EVERYBODY was there, even people i hadn't seen in years... I even met some new folks...lol We were on the bridge for a day and a half. sleeping with the dogs cats, and everything else.. Im not gonna get in to detail about that because It felt like a long two days ..lol

Anyway .. We got on the buses and Headed out to Houston.. we didn't know THAT until we made it half way out of the city... It's a shame because we had to leave Cheddar behind, we' saw him running after the bus and it made me and my folks cry.. it was sad. we thought he was gonna die out there.

Looking at the City in that shame was just sad, we listened to the radio, They talked of Charity Closing for good, that HURT... seeing the sights hurt as well because there were dead people everywhere. Stranded folks and everything.. we made it around toward the Superdome and we saw the hundreds of people up there and it was so heartbreaking.. but at the same time, on the other side of the Highway there was DRY LAND...

.. From then on was a Quiet but Delusional ride for me. looked like the road had turned in to water and everything ...

So we made it to the Astrodome and met the rest of my family, and also my mom went to tell Greg's mom the bad news, she was heartbroken., It was wild because my sister had already found an apartment at the time we made it to Houston. .. We lived in the Astrodome from then On.. I saw Friends and folks i hadn t seen in years. I met great people and had great conversations .. I blogged, was on CNN.. the rest of the Fam were doing their things and we managed to live in houston Or where ever For the remainder of 05 - 2006 ... I got my First job in the Astrodome and from then on I was the Man for the year...

Check out my Blogs archives from September 2005 to know what it was like for me in that Astrodome,untill we moved out



Wow man.. I wrote all this and the day aint even over.. Lets hope i make the events .. Later folk..

Katrina was the Beast that Killed Thousands but We've managed to Survive! .. MOVE ON UP!!

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