"Frank Boettcher" wrote
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:06:46 -0500, "Scout"
wrote:

"Frank Boettcher" wrote

Unbelievable isn't it.

I lived there during Camille (and several other hurricanes). After
Camille, I thought I had seen the worst I would ever see in terms of
destruction. The shocking thing is the degree of destruction by
comparison. This wasn't ten percent worse than Camille, but a factor
of three times. In areas that had 30% of the homes a total loss from
camille, Katrina got 95%.

Where did you end up staying?

We drove down in a big RV (about the size of a Greyhound bus) and pulled a
20' enclosed trailer full of stuff to be delivered. We parked in one of
those travel trailer instant villages (in Long Beach) I mentioned in the
OP.
The worst part of the whole trip was coming home - I drove almost non-stop
and was pretty beat. Plus, we left a place that was close to 70 deg Fahr
and
got home to 2 degrees Fahr.
Scout




Well, on behalf of myself and my many impacted relatives and friends
thanks for going. It would be so much more desparate if it were not
for the thousands of volunteers that have stepped in to help in so
many ways.

Thanks for saying so. The one thing we all felt was overwhelmed with the
destruction, which made our efforts, by comparison, seem so small. Bows and
arrows against the lightning.
Scout