Apocalyptic Drive
New Orleans, U.S.A. - September 26, 2005
Our five and half hour drive from Houston to Baton Rouge yielded 233 tree cutting trucks, 362 electrical trucks, 4 Chinooks, 7 Black Hawks, 2 Media Helicopters, 
Holy convoy Batman! Check out more on the vid page.77 ambulances, hundreds of Humvees and tankers in convoys, countless law enforcement vehicles and uncountable military trucks for miles on end. A mobilization of this magnitude as we drove on I-10, conjures emotions that perhaps one would only imagine in movies. This was real though. It was as though we were at war, here on our soil and the enemy came and went in a brief period, leaving utter destruction in its wake. Although weakened, the destruction of Rita was still evident on the South.
Rea said...This is reminiscent of what happened last year. Last year around mid-August my friends and I were driving back home from a trip to Texas and had left, coincidentally enough, Houston on our last day. On our way back we passed trucks sent by FEMA to Florida to help with the clean up. At one point we saw a huge line of these trucks, all with a sign taped saying something about being sent to FL from FEMA. We were so happy to see the help and know that our friends and neighbors were being helped, we scribbled a quick thank you on a piece of paper and taped it to our car.