ITS SO HEART BREAKING

Its that time of year again that we dread. We have talked about it for a few years now but never really thought that it would come to this. As most of you know . My Husbands familys home was hit by Hurricaine Katrina three years ago. It was heart breaking then. Gil had not known that the storm was going to hit or how hard. He was in Iraq at the time. I remember getting the home phone numbers of his family memebers and calling calling calling trying to find them. find out a little something. My mother tried for days. I still remember it clearly.
It was just so heart breaking then . Gil came back for his R and R and went down there for a week. Tried to buy them the things that they needed. What was big things for them was little for us. Unless you saw what was going on down there it was like something out of a picture. I went back down with gilbert a few months later in july 2006 months after the storm. I know my mouth was wide open as he drove me down what was once roads, what was once bridges. There was roads that well it just fell off the side of no where. There it was but nothing any more.
I will never forget. Walking down the different streets seeing the tents that families put up with intent to stay and stick it out afterwards. There would be kids toys just laying there. LIke they up and just left them. Dolls, bikes. arts. It was crazy. I dont blame most of them for giving up. Then i would look up into trees and you would see washers, dryers, cloths, ect ect up in the trees. Still. Then Walking down the street you could come to the houses that had the red x on them which meant then a dead body was inside. yes of course it was not there when i was there but there was. Just so hurtful to see all that.
Over the last few years though gilberts mother has made that family survive. she has collected what she could and made the best out of what they had. ITs amazing. for the past three years living in a fema trailor. I do not know how they have done it but they have. The washer outside in an inclosed tent. then hanging the clothes out to dry. The tents and storage barn out side filled with things. Just the every thing. The pots that she has begun to have for the flowers. I think the biggest thing is the house that has been built for them. Is almost finished. I know they are close. I have been so excited for them. So i know how exciting it has been for them to almost be able to make that transition out of the fema trailor into their new home.
but the one qustion for the past few years is what happenes if another storm comes in . Or why would they want to stay there in fear of a storm. I remember saying afew months back. YOu juts watch they are going to gget that house built and another storm will come though.
Low and behold here comes this new hurricaine. Predicting to be wose than katrina. I have been in contact with them for a few days. Gil thought that the storm was nothing. Gils a kind of passive person. Out of sight out of mind. doesnt really put too much though into things. so i finally had him in watching the new develope today at lunch so he could see what was really going on. We were watching the news tonight. I started to cry as soon as we heard the broadcast. At that second His brother Jamis called to let us know he was going down to help his mother evacaute. I am not too much sure about the rest of the conversation. I just could help to keep thinking . Its not fair. Its just not fair for them. So i had to hand the phone off to gil so i could compose myself. So then His mother calls. You could hear she was in a store. She seems to be a little frantic at times. His younger brother is really taking it hard. ITs his senior year and if the storm does hit hard what about the end of the school year. So now there is a mandatory evacuation for where his mother lives. so Jamis went down to the gulf to help his mother move everything from the tents and the trailer into the house. I believe its like 10 to 12 feet off the ground. So if there is flooding that the stuff would be ok. Lets hope thats all there is. No surges like they are predicting. It would be a goner if that happens.
It just does not seem fair. They have worked their tushes off these last few years and now this.
my heart just breaks. All we can do it pray and believe everything will be ok.
God Bless them.