To those in Katrina's path...GET OUT! (Cat. 5 HURRICANE!!!!)

[sara1998]

I wasen't in Andrew, but I had lots of family living in Miami when it hit, including a then 3 month old baby cousin who was born 3 months early. They fled, becasue they had no choice, and they did it at the last minute. There were no hotel rooms available up state, or even in southern Georgia, for that matter. When they did find somewhere to stay, there was no electricity, no running water, and the baby needed all this for his heart monitors, and, of coarse, formula. What a nightmare. I'll never forget crying becasue we didn't talk to them for about 3 weeks, and all we could do is let our imagination get to us, and wonder if they were alive or dead.

I'll never forget the first time I visited Miami afterwords, either... When I saw Homestead, I was just bawling. A year later it still looked like a war zone.