#5 - Hurricane Katrina - I wouldn’t actually put this in a “best of” category. I consider more of a “most impact” story.
As Katrina neared, my area of Central Mississippi started to take notice. Darkness fell, the power blew, and rumors of descruction in Biloxi were picked up via our television… whose source of electricity was our car battery.
Days of gasless automobiles and cold-water-showers (if you had any water) were overshadowed by the fear and concern for our neighbors on the coast and in New Orleans.
The nights spent trying to fall asleep in the hot-hot Mississippi heat without an air conditioner. I’ll never forget the erie silence of the city, a silence only broken by the soft hums of portable generators in the distance.
I don’t know if-and-when I’ll ever not be slightly nervous everytime the weatherman uses the phrase “tropical storm.” When you experience a hurricane, even in it’s mildest form… it has an effect, both good and bad.
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