Everybody has been so welcoming here. We have breakfast, lunch and dinner, ... In New Orleans, I prayed for a cup of ice. |
I consider myself lucky. Some people came with nothing but the clothes on their back, ... I’m not stressed. I’m not exhausted. I didn’t have to get on top of my roof and wait for help. |
I didn’t want to leave, but I had to leave for safety reasons, |
I’m getting bored already. Today, I’ll look for a job. FEMA is coming to talk to everybody about benefits and apartments. My concern is, when will this run out? One month? Six weeks? Two months? |
If I could have anything, I would just want a content feeling in the house, |
It’s stuff we couldn’t carry through the water. The most important thing is that we were alive, and we were together, |
We walked through water, we couldn’t shower, and we bathed with wet rags and soap because we didn’t have water or electricity. |