My Journey: August.28th.2005,packing&Leaving

Will got home from work at 6:00am. We were trying to decide what to take and what to do. We took his motorcycle to his mom's house in Ponchatoula,La. Got home and loaded up what stuff we could in both vehicles. Friends were suppost to come over and load up the 883 Sporster for me, but everything happening so fast, they couldn't make it.I was busy going around my home taking pictures ,and putting them into my computer and sending them to Walmart. Then I could pick them up later. Will kept telling me to hurry. I think we finally locked up at 3:30 or so. The last thing I did was hang a picture of Jesus on the inside of my storm door looking out. And we both said a prayer. We went to stay by friends about 20 miles north of here. Right above the Kiln. Our friend just bought the house 2 weeks before. He had just gotten out of the service and came home from Italy. Needless to say all his stuff was packed somewhere. So we all piled with what we had in different rooms of the house. Me and Will lucked out and got the spot in front of the fireplace on the floor. Our dog got the garage. Everbody just sorta layed around and wondered. Whats going to happen? Two of our friends lived in Ansley, right by the canal. It was her brothers house. Her daughter and future son-in-law was there too. And me and Will. And our dog. We layed and watched T.V. for as long as it was on the air. The news said once we didn't see them on air we knew it would be real bad. And by the time that happened it got real bad. The wind was blowing. It was rainging hard. The thunder and lightening. The wind was blowing the garage door back and forth. Will and Terry went out and moved vehicles on both sides of the door. If they hadn't we would had been in alot more trouble. Trees were cracking and crashing every where. This went on for a long long time. It was even scarier laying there beside that fire place with the crashes and winds howling and all that noise echoing down thru that fireplace. I knew this was the BIG one. But I had no idea just how BIG. These are some of the pictures of my trailer I took on the 28th of august, the day before the hurricane. I had a really nice trailer, 16x80, 3 bedrooms, and 2 full baths.............................God Bless........................................................

My Journey: Aug.27,05" freakin-out", taking pictures

I was going around the house trying to figure out what things I should pack. My boyfriend was at work. As he worked the night shift security work at a Plant at Port Bienville. I was listening to The Weather Channel. And just messing around as I usually did, on computer... I forget excatly what time of morning it was but The weather channel announced that Katrina wound be making landfall at La. Ms. line on a small town of Pearlington. I Freaked. I called my boyfriend. He Freaked. He then Freaked everyone in the plant out by putting the news from my T.V. on the loud speakers. Which was his job to alert of bad weather. At that point Katrina had a 50ft. wave of water in her eyewall, which was going to hit Pearlington. At that point I really freaked. My Boyfriend, I'll call Will, ok. Well Will said" I think its going to turn." I said "Yea right. Well I can't swim in 50ft. of water." I'm getting the _______ outta here. Are you with me or not? Will was with me. Needless to say I was up all night figuring out what to take in my small vehicle, plus the dog. Will had a junky old car we were taking also,it was good on gas. So I started taking pictures so I can sent them to Walmart so I can pick them up anyplace. Thinking, lord what are we coming back to if anything? I was so bummed out I didn't know what I was friggin going to do. I had alot of Native American Art work, some I bought, some me and Will made, and we'd trade too. Alot of $$$ we both had in crafts. I made a Seafood Wreath too. I'll finish the rest of the pictures tommorrow.................................................God Bless My Home ...................................