I evacuated from Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina now I am in a new town what do I do? Help, no friends!?
606508
Hang out with people from work.
1057418
contact your local agent.. best bet, call 911, they must have some info for you! sorry to hear you lost your house though, glad you still have computer or have access to yahoo answers!
880614
The one thing you have to make sure to do is to get out, move, leave, skip town, get away from this, find a shelter, other family, friends, etc.......  best of luck to you.......
478749
Im from Louisiana and im very nervous about it.Been putting up money for months saving for a evacuation fund.Things are still in shambles from last year, I dont know how we can handle anymore.Its very scary.
45077
katrina support, huh. i was in hancock county, ms. when it hit. i have to say that if it were not for the private sector, things would have been alot worse than they were. the first morning after, there was no law, there was no government. it was the second day after the storm when we first saw the busses and trucks loaded down with water and supplies. not one the the supply trucks we saw in the first days were government. now it's 4 months later and there are still people living in tents. my personal experience with fema has been a complete joke. i don't want to take anything away from the people who drove hours on end to deliver the needed supplies or the thousands of people who donated their time and money to help people pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. but i am damn mad at my government. i have had to relocate to another state. the only assistance my family has gotten was the initial $2000 check from fema. past that we have been made to feel like charity cases. we are not begging. these are our tax dollars. since i have been in nc, i have paid in more taxes than i recieved from fema since this whole nightmare began. when i got to nc, so i didn't have to sleep on someones floor, i got a job to provide for my family and because i got that job, was told that i didn't qualify for any public assistance. so no, i don't consider it support, no, it wasn't soon enough, racial bias, i'm white. thanks for letting me vent. and by the way, have any of you asked yourself where all the money you gave went?........
1056627
You're really brave--it takes a lot of courage to walk away from people who are basically toxic.So the first thing I would do is to stop worrying about sounding desperate. Instead, think of your situation as pretty much the same as someone who's just moved into your city and needs to make friends--you've given yourself a fresh start, make the most of it!\n\nBelow is the link to craigslist for your city--check the entries for "community"--there are lots of events you can go to on your own and hopefully meet people who share the same interests or expose you to new ones. There should also be listings in your local newspaper or alternative weekly. Sign up for activities that you've never tried before, volunteer, go to gallery art openings, wine tastings or free talks at the museums and university. Join bulletin boards and groups based on your new interests....before long you should be worried about how to find enough hours in your day to fit in all your new friends and interests!
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I live in Slidell, LA on the northshore of Lake Ponchatrain and can tell you that the levies are barely up to the standards before Hurricane Katrina.  While politicians in the state and on the federal level complain and bicker, time is being wasted as the huirricane seaon is only a couple months away.  I have never lived in New Orleans directly but would advice people that it is not a safe place environmentally or sanitarily.  Basic power and water are not available to 35-50% of the New Orleans East and most of that area is virtually untouch since Katrina!!!  my career has directed me toward the MS Gulf Coast where I am seeing vast improvements to the area as opposed to New Orleans.  Please remember the Mississippi Gulf Coast when thinking of Katrina.  The devestation here is something that needs to be seen to believed.
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hello, i am from louisiana, 30 minutes south of new orleans. i am not exactly sure what the answer is. you are probably talking about the 9th ward (which is one of the hardest hit areas), it is not one of the best neighborhoods and that could be why they do not want to rebuild. i heard something about it becomming a rich neighborhood. but honestly who would want to rebuild there. the entire area is protected by a levee. the other area that was hard hit was chalmette, the entire parish flooded and the water was up to the roofs of the homes. i personally would not live in an area protected by a levee. also i am sure that most of the people in the 9th ward area can not afford to rebuild. the insurance companies aren't exactly being fair. i hope i helped you understand a little bit better, if not feel free to contact me.
647573
I would say get out of there as fast as you can! Leave and go find a different place to stay! My prayers are with you, Please be safe! Cuidado!
892534
My apartment building burned to the ground on January 26,2003.\nApproximately 30 people including myself lost every thing they owned. I lost my car when the building collapsed and managed to walk away that morning with just my daughter, my dog and my purse. \nPeople from all over the county came together to make sure every family in that building had a place to stay that night.\nChurches and civic groups arranged to have furniture and housewares donated by merchants in the area, families donated \nclothes, housewares and more furniture.  Total strangers donated $ to a fund set up to help each family get into a new apartment and to make sure their utilities were connected.\nI worked at a car dealership @ the time and the owner of the dealership gave me a car to drive until I had saved up enough $ to pay for it.\nI had $96.00 in my bank account and an 8 year old daughter to support and was left with absolutely nothing due to something beyond my control and total strangers chose to help me and make sure that I had everything my family needed to get on with our lives.\nI have a completely new understanding of what people's kindness can do. I want to be able to make people realize that you can start over, all you may need is a hand.
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During Hurricane Katrina - I didn't have to use all of these but could have if the part about my house didn't make 'em understand:\nThe ceiling partially collapsed. I have to remove it and the carpet from the house today.\nI am afraid to drive over power lines and I can't move the trees and the houses from the road anyway. \nMy baby-sitter quit because her house is gone.\nI was up all night because the military helicopters and vehicles kept shining lights in the house and kept me up. \nI have to watch for looters trying to steal my stuff.\nThere is insulation all over the floors and caused my son to have an asthma attack. \nThe lack of water dehydrated my kids and two of them are now in the hospital.\nI have to remove my storage building out of my elderly neighbors house. \nI have to help my other neighbors find their houses and it's contents.
740689
move on and meet some new people. good luck
675289
I know exactly how you feel, I moved to another state across the country. I had a really difficult time because I wasn't open and I was too shy. Be really open to new experiences and always be friendly. You should try to join clubs and such. Don't be afraid because there's nothing to lose!
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They were WARNED that they MUST evacuate.  Busses were running full time to get people out, yet so many refused to leave.  Some were on the news dancing in the streets of the French Quarter as the storm approached.  After the storm, they all ran for the Superdome, and there were not enough supplies for the additional people, so that screwed the people who originally went to be sheltered there.  Something else angers me: The National Guard gets blamed for not responding, but the storm was over Tuesday, and TV cameras broadcast National Guard at the airport on Thursday.  This pretty enlisted female told the reporter that they arrived Wednesday, and were setting up relief.\n\nThen cops are out there looting Wal Mart (caught on video).  It would have been one thing if they were getting food, but, well you know the rest of the story.  \n\nPeople cry for the idiots in New Orleans (no, the ones who evacuated are NOT idiots), while Rita pretty much levelled some towns in Southwest Louisiana.  Places where there were towns were now just a bunch of cement foundations.  One person found their house a few miles away.  Nobody even talks about these people--Mississippi gets more attention.
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http://move2slidell.com/content/news.html\n\nhttp://louisianalistings.com/contact.relocate.htm\n\n\nYou can also check the link above, or just give them a call I am sure the receptionist should be able to direct you to the right place. \n\nGood luck ,I hpe you find what you are looking for
79140
Call your local Crisis Hotline. They will be able to guide you.
711240
You should have left as soon as you knew about the gossip and the drug addiction and saved yourself ? months of stress and agravation.sounds like you need a change of scenery my friend.try a job in a different field,go back to school,move to another,town,city.state,country whatever.