Frances and Jeanne. Not that bad, my house is new, so everything is up to standard. The worse part was living in 100+ degree house and no electricity.

Katrina…so no need to say anything else. Now Fay looks like a walk in the park to me. Im living in FL and everyone is running around like its the end of the world.

Just got to stay positive

Living in North Carolina, I've been through a few hurricanes. The two that stick out the most to me are Bertha and Fran. Fran knocked our power out for about 3 days and school was closed for about a week. Granted, it didn't compare to Katrina. That one destroyed the lives of so many people, including some family members.

Lost every damn thing (as did my sister) in Katrina'; moved to the North West and in a few weeks, going my ass back to MS where I belong.

Katrina: Almost everyone in my family lost their house. I was lucky to live in the tiny area that didn't get any water at all. The funny thing was that my household tried to pack our entire life into a car with three people when we could have just left everything. It was the single most nerve racking experience of my life. We stayed in Mississippi. Some of my family went to Atlanta, some went to Houston. It sucks super hard not knowing if your dad and grandparents are still alive because no cell phones work. All we had was a radio so we didn't know what it looked like in NOLA. A few days later, we got a little tv to work and OPRAH was on. The show was just footage of the scene in NOLA and I could not believe my fucking eyes. I couldn't believe that I was looking my city with people stranded on their roofs. The highest flood I had ever experienced was about three feet. Firday before the storm, people figured they would be back in New Orleans in a few days. Oh how wrong we were. I now have the grave misfortune of living in this pretentious city called Austin, Texas. I am moving back to New Orleans as soon as I possibly can. I've had enough of this place.

Lessons learned:
1.Even when some crazy shit happens and you have to leave all of a sudden and your hometown gets totally fucked up and you lose everything, you can still start over.
2. When you tell people from New Orleans they immediately put on a sad puppy face.
3. Girls love guys from NOLA.

I meant…2. When you tell people you're from New Orleans, they immediately put on a sad puppy face.

#4 and 5

Hang in there, Im finally going back home in October so I know what you're going through. Just stay strong

There is one good thing about Katrina; when you tell people from New Orleans that you are a local too, they ALWAYS give you a hug and a phone number for family dinners

And yes, Im looking forward to a date with a Louisiana man!

I'm from NC too, and Fran was very bad in that it Flooded the entire eastern part of the state. It was not as bad as Katrina in that it wasn't as many deaths, just property damage but you can always rebuild but never get back a life. I live in the Central part of the state and the worst Hurricane I been in was Hurrican Hugo when I was a child. Hugo was mean leaving many without power and even water for weeks.

Yes, I lived through hurricane andrew in Miami. It was crazy, but when we woke up most of our property wasn't damaged. When we saw what it did to our neighbors we were reminded that there is a God. We were also reminded about the little things we take for granted…we didn't have power for 2 months…cold showers suck…

I experienced my first earthquake, here in Hawaii. It was October and I had just sat down for a wonderful Sunday of football. At first, I thought it was a big truck rumbling along the road and then I realized, no, my whole apartment is moving. The earthquake itself didn't last too long, the aftermath of having no electricity and therefore no football, lasted 15 hours. I would hate to see what a major disaster would do to this state…