[Mrs.ssippi]

Originally Posted by Interleukin

Although currently residing in Pittsburgh for the last 3 years, I was a lifelong resident of Louisiana and for 7 years prior to moving to Pittsburgh, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana.

As most of you know, today is the 1 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

I would be remiss, with my connection to the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, if I did not pay a moment of respect to those that suffered so dearly on this date a year ago and the days thereafter. I would also like to thank EVERYONE who donated their time, effort and money to the relief efforts.

God Bless New Orleans, God Bless the Gulf Coast and God Bless America.

We were running like a scared little b!tch when the first 150 foot pine fell in our yard. I had a 8 week old baby and had we not left our neighborhood when we did we would not of been able to get out. And we are 2 hours away from the coast and the "big" winds still had not gotten here and we had trees falling everywhere. I just can't imagine being on the coast when it was so bad here. After it was all over the central mississippi area looked like a war zone.