LOVE AND PRAYERS TO MY TURKISH CLASS CLASSY CLASSMATES.........
HERE IS A STORY OF ONE LADIES EXPERIENCE WITH DISASTER
Hurricane KATRINA:
BATON ROUGE, United States (AFP) - Lucille Cormier's
frustration boiled over after a week of indignities that began
when Hurricane Katrina chased her from her New Orleans
home.
'I don't want to go back there. I want to see if there's a life
somewhere else,' she said Saturday, as tears slid down her
cheeks.
Cormier, 64, and her 71-year-old husband, Bobby Cormier,
have spent the past week inside the cavernous convention
center in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana state capital.
'I've been sleeping on a chair since Sunday,' she said. 'I
can't get a cot. They always tell me they don't have any
more, and people come in here and they get a cot.'
The New Orleans population of 485,000 was ordered to
leave the low-lying city after Katrina's fierce winds and
storm surge overwhelmed the levees protecting it from
floods. Authorities believe thousands died, which could
make Katrina the worst natural disaster in US history.
Tens of thousands of New Orleans residents, mostly poor,
have been left in emergency shelters such as the one in
Baton Rouge, surviving on donations of food, clothing and
other necessities.
'They're not just at the bottom. They're in a hole a little
deeper than bottom,' said Mike Chappell, a Seventh-Day
Adventist minister from Burleson, Texas, serving as a
volunteer Red Cross chaplain for evacuees.
Many survivors, such as the Cormiers, are battling illness
and despair as they come to grips with their fate. Others,
such as Darrell Dellafosse, are angry at local and national
leaders, believing they were abandoned.
'They can kiss my ass. I had to steal everything I had,' said
Dellafosse, 30, as he waited for his girlfriend's parents
outside the Social Security office in Baton Rouge. About
20 others sought shade beside the brick building. Some had
waited in line nearly nine hours to iron out storm-related
problems with their benefits.
The storm left Dellafosse stranded for a week on the second
floor of a flooded home, with no money and only a backpack
full of clothes and whatever food he could scrounge from
local stores.
'I don't know what to do,' he said.
Conditions for many evacuees have improved considerably
from the chaos inside New Orleans shelters, where people
described being forced to wait for days without food, water
or sanitation as gangs raped and sometimes murdered at
will.
The city's main shelters have been evacuated, according to
police, with evacuees dispersed as far away as Houston,
Dallas and San Antonio in Texas.
Late Saturday, the shelter in Baton Rouge was half-empty.
With phone banks open for the first time, people were
starting to get in touch with friends or relatives and make
more permanent living arrangements, said Red Cross
volunteer Julissa McKinnon of Modesto, California.
Authorities also released a list of names of those inside,
making it easier for people to reunite.
'Today is a turning point,' she said.
Just inside the front doors, nine-year-old Derreneisha Early,
and her brother, Derrick, sat reading on the floor in Janet
Thorne's arms, surrounded by a pile of donated books.
'I just came down here and plopped down and all of a
sudden I've got some very good friends, and I think we're
going to be friends for a very long time,' said Thorne, a
kindergarten teacher in the nearby town of Zachary.
Derreneisha said her parents had chosen to stay in Baton
Rouge rather than return to New Orleans, while other
evacuees are accepting offers of shelter and jobs from
people in other states.
'I've had people here who are going to relocate to South
Dakota, Colorado. They're being shipped all over the place.
And many of them are never going to come back,' Chappell
said.
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco however urged
evacuees not to abandon their sunken city.
'We say that when we're frustrated, but in the end we're
going to come back,' she said.
'We'll build it stronger, we'll build it smarter with more
protection, but never again will we see this kind of thing
happen in the history of our state.'
I hope and Pray the words of Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco prove to be truth of this never to happen again wether it be a natural disaster or NOT.
GOD BLESS EVERYONE AND STAY SAFE FOREVER IN OUR WORLD!!!!!!
New Orleans AND ALL OF THE VICTIMS OF Hurricane Katrina WILL FOREVER BE IN EVERYONES THOUGHTS AND HEARTS...............................................MR PRESIDENT BUSH HAS DECLARED SEPTEMBER 16 TH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN REMEMBRENCE OF THESE POOR VICTIMS OF Hurricane Katrina, IRONICALLY LESS THAN A WEEK OF 9/11...........
I AM HAPPY TO BE LIVING IN AMERICA AT THIS TIME PER 'SE BUT MY CONFIDENCE OF A SAFE COUNTRY I FEEL NO MORE..........................VULNERABLE AND WEAK THE VICTIMS OF Hurricane Katrina FEELIN MY OPINION STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART IS FELT ALL OVER THE USA I BELEIVE, OF COURSE IN A DIFFERENT DEGREE BUT I HOPE WE ALL AS HUMAN BEINGS CAN COME TOGETHER AND COMPFORT AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER A WORLD WIDE PEACE FOR ALL OUR PLANET FROM ALL OUR HEARTS and SOULS TO DEFEAT THE NATURAL DISASTERS WE MAY FACE BUT MOST OF ALL OLIMENATE THE ONES OF THE HUMAN DISTRUCTION THAT MAY COME TO ANYONE IN OUR UNIVERSE AND CAN STRIKE ANY COUNTRY, ANYONE ANYTIME FROM NUCLEAR&CHEMICAL BOMBS TO EVIL OF THE UNTHINKABLE & UN IMAGINABLE POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURES TO LAST FOR GENERATIONS. IF ONLY WAR AND EVIL AND NEGATIVE CONFLICTS & CONFLICTIONS OF PAIN COULD BE A THING OF THE PAST FOREVER FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE OUR PURPOSE AS A WHOLE UNIVERSAL SOCIETY COULD LIVE IN HARMONY FOREVER AND WE COULD SAY OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE ON EARTH WAS ALMOST HEAVENLY. I TRULY BELEIVE IT IS A POSSIBLE DREAM TO BRING INTO A REALITY, I JUST HOPE WE ALL ARE HERE TO LIVE IT AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE. A WORLD A LIFE FOR YOU AND ME TO LIVE SIN FREE AND HAPPILY AS A NATION UNDER GOD BUT A NATION CREATED BY US AS WE ALL ARE THE POWER OF OUR NATION HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THIS HUMANLY POWER TOGETHER FOR WORLD PEACE & EQUALITY UNIQUE AND EQUAL AS NO ONE IS REALLY BETTER THAN ANOTHER POOR OR RICH WHITE OR BLACK OR TAN OR OF DIFFERENT BELEIFS SUCH AS RELIGION OR FOOD OR MUSIC OR WHAT EVER IT MAY BE WE ALL ARE CREATED EQUALLY AND IT IS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND PROJECT THAT IN A POSITVE AND UNCONDITINALLY LOVING WAY.
YES IT IS TRUE WE ARE ALL UNIQUE AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR THIS AS WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE THEIR OWN PERSON AND GOD KNOW HOW BORING THAT WOULD BE IF I HAD TO LIVE WITHIN A NATION OF STACIA'S/TSAREVANA ANASTASIAS HOW BORED I WOULD BE THE DIFFERENT WAYS OF PEOPLE ARE SO INTERESTING AND CAN BE SO ENLIGHTENING TO ENHANCE OUR OWN QUALITIES WE HAVE WITHIN. SO I HOPE WE ALL WILL FIND THIS IN OUR LIFETIME AS I FEEL I AND ALL OF US DESERVE THIS POSSILBLE ULTIMATE BLISS WITH WORLD PEACE AND LOVE.
I WONDER WHY SUCH NEGATIVE MAN MADE THINGS EXIST SUCH AS GUNS, NUCLEAR AND OR CHEMICAL BOMBS???????????????????????????????????????????????
IT IS CHILLING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY SOME THINGS ARE OR THE WAY SOME THINGS USE TO BE, DUCH AS PREDIJUCE I CAN NOT FATHOM AND AM EMBARRASSED FOR MY RACE IN THE PAST WHO WERE SO IGNORANT AND REALLY IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO, IF IT WERE A MILLION YEARS AGO I MAYBE ABLE TO SOME WHAT UNDERSTAND SUCH IGNORANCE AND BEHAVIOR BUT 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE TREATED IS APPAULUNG AND DISCUSATING TO ME IN MY HEART I FEEL THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN, 35 YEARS AGO OR 35 MILLION YEARS AGO FOR THAT MATTER. AND THE SADDEST PART OF THIS HISTORY OF EVIL IT STILL LURKS IN SOME WEAK AND SMALL HUMAN BEINGS. WHY I WONDER IN A WORLD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SO ADVANCED IS IT THE WAY IT IS?
CAN WE CHANGE THESE NEGATIVE WAYS OF THE WORLD SO WE ALL CAN LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER KNOWING THAT ANY DISASTER THAT MAY COME IN THE FUTURE WAS ONLY BY THE HANDS OF NATURE NOT HUMAN NATURE??
I KNOW THAT I AM A DREAMER IN A STRONG WAY BUT MY
HEART & SOUL FEELS IT IS POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS WORKING TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY YES I FEEL IT CAN BE A WAY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF US
AM I CRAZY OR DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THE FAITH WITHIN AND SEE THE FAITH WITHIN OTHERS TOO?
ALSO A WORLD WHERE POSTING A PHONE # ON A WEB SITE
IS SAFE AND NOT A ISSUE AS IN MY EYES IT IS WORRIES WASTED ON SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE DANGEROUS PER 'SE BUT ADMIN WOULD NOT OF FELT THE WAY HE did about my posting my phone # if the world was a place as I spoke of in my reply per 'se to the one Newsletter posted here of the many stories of the aftermath of disastrous Hurricane Katrina. The world now has accuses to my phone# and address as where Hurricane Katrina hit my brother use to reside for many years. I feel in my heart he is fine and as unpredictable and sometimes down right bizarre the turns in my roads of life can be I have to use a quote that I use a lot 'THINGS COULD BE WORST OR BIZZARE OR CRAZY THAN WHAT I MAY HAVE HIT DEAD ON OUT OF NO WHERE IN MY TRAVELS OF LIFE................................ I SWEAR I AM GOING TO WRITE A BOOK SOMEDAY, YOU KNOW HOW SOME PEOPLE SAY JUST ANOTHER PAGE IN MY BOOK OF LIFE WELL I AM NOT COMPLAINING BUT I SAY JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN MY NEVERENDING NOVEL OF LIFE AND I AM NOT EXAGERATING EITHRE A CHAPTER CAN BE A HALF OF MY DAY TO A FEW DAYS. NEVER A DULL MOMENT AND LIFE EXPERIENCES ARE ALWAYS LEARNING EXPERIENCES OR IN SOME CASES MISTAKE OR MIS HAPS AND BLISS FULL TIMES TO AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANY CONTENT OF MY ON GOING NOVEL OF LIFE. I AM ALSO INTIGUED BY OTHERS LIFE EXPERIENCES, NOT ALL AS SOME THINGS ARE PERSONAL AND FOR ONLY ONE SELF BUT I LOVE TO SHARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN MANY WAYS. I AM SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL OF YOU MY CLASSY CLASSMATES ONE AND ALL. I AAALSO HAVE TO THANK ADMIN.....FAITH FOR BLESSING US WITH THIS UNIQUE AND SLICE OF HEAVEN IN MY WORLD AND THAT IS ALL OF YOU, IF ONLY THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH SUCH SWEET SOULS MY DREAM OF WORLD PEACE WOULD BE A PIECE OF CAKE AND WE WOULD ALL EAT IT TOO.......................
MISS BLISS, BLISS 2 SAYS HI!
HE IS GETTING BIG I WILL TRY TO POST A PICTURE OF HIM SOON.
PEACE BABIES AND MAY OUR FUTURE BE BRIGHT AND HAPPY ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH AS A NATION EPIDEMIC OF EQUALITY AND LOVE FOR ALL HUMAN KIND
WORLD PEACE HEAVEN ON EARTH.
TAKE CARE LOVE TO YOU ALL
TASAREVNA STACIA
AKA KELLEY
BYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
HUGS AND KISSES TO ALL
KEEP THE FAITH
I HOPE I SPELL CHECKED THIS PROPERLY
SOMETIMES MY ENGLISH IS NOT SO GOOD
SO BARE WITH MY PENMEN--SHIP PER 'SE
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