Originally Posted by
stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3225136
Oh that would make sense wouldn't it... It is no big deal, I didn't have much food either.
We were in Huntsville, TX about 70 miles north of Houston. And I was staying at some apartments that this church had. They were setup as a red cross center. And were prepared for 200 people. Because you literally couldn't drive 70 miles without running out of gas, they ended up FLOODING huntsville. That church ended up having over 2000 people sleeping everywhere. Floors, in the sanctuary, on cots. People where literally stuck in their cars as Rita came through. So all those poor people that had fled NOLA a month before, had to flee houston. And they ended up busing about 1000 evacuees from various Red Cross Shelters to where I lived. They literally had to have national guard people roaming around like they were in a war zone. In full gear, carrying full autos. To help the small town police force. Of course all the rumors were flying rampant, like people getting raped, stabbed, beat, etc. (I don't buy that most of that happened)
Anyway, the kitchen they had was an old Fazzolies. So it was setup like a fast food joint. So while they were struggling to find food in a stripped down town, (walmart closed, because it was literally out of all food that is a site to see) So they got a lot of Ramen noodles that I believe the National Guard provided, mixed with cream of Mushroom and chicken. The place flooded, so we ended up cooking in ankle deep water, cooking in 35 gallon pots. (like you boil crawfish in those fryers) definitely entertaining... It was fun after getting yelled at to say, hey I'm eating this crap too. The next couple of days they got food in for burgers and hotdogs. Which they complained about them too.
In the mornings, my friend who ran a kolachi shop, pretended he was closed, and I worked there for breakfast.
But it is all good, I worked on commission at radioshack. And I paid for that semester of college, (in the month after Katrina to Rita) thanks to all the storm preparers and selling stuff people where replacing...
A lot of my friends in MS got help from neighbors and also helped their neighbors after Katrina. Me, my 2 kids, and 2 dogs just never went back.
