Marching On

I have watched for the past day the footage and situation down on the Gulf. It is sad, heartbreaking and incredible what has occurred and is going on down there. I do not think we can fathom what it is like there and what they must be dealing with. We know people down there and they have lost EVERYTHING with no future. Everything is in limbo, when they can go home (if there is anything left to salvage), where they will go for there next meal, were they will sleep tonight or tomorrow, how they will make money to live for the next few months, if they will even get to return to their home (New Orleans) this year?!?!?

It will take at least ONE MONTH to drain the water out of New Orleans, once they fix the levee. Then the clean up, recovery of bodies, clearing of roads, destruction of unsafe bridges, roadways, buildings and homes, restoration of water, power, sewer, gas lines, repairing homes and buildings, rebuilding those lost, I cannot get my mind around it.

The history of that city, the French Quarter, the mighty Mississippi. What have we lost, will it every be the same? I am afraid of that answer. The pictures above are from my brother's wedding, almost 2 years ago.........