Watching a documentary about the Katrina.
By marguicha
@marguicha (228624)
Chile
September 25, 2025 10:47am CST
Hello, friends.
When my husband was alive, we traveled every year. I saved the money and he was the chaffeur in long trips to several places.
We traveled to and fro in the US, liking a bit this and a bit that city. Until we reached New Orleans and we fell in love with it. There the streets were full of music and so was everywhere. We came back a few years later to take our daughters.
And then the Katrina struck.
That´s when I discovered that the US was not the country I thought from watching Hpllywood movies.
New Orleans was destroyed and it seemed that noone cared for it. And now, after 20 years, there are still mayor damages. And its soul is broken.
Netflix has now a documentary about it. I am slowly watching it and crying. Poor New Orleans.
That´s when I discovered that the US was not the country I thought from watching Hpllywood movies.
New Orleans was destroyed and it seemed that noone cared for it. And now, after 20 years, there are still mayor damages. And its soul is broken.
Netflix has now a documentary about it. I am slowly watching it and crying. Poor New Orleans.8 people like this
7 responses
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
25 Sep
I was very innocent. I did not know how such a rich country could leave that wonderful city in a mess for years.
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (483968)
• Italy
26 Sep
@marguicha - I have seen some beautiful places that became a mess only after a few years. They seem not to care to maintain those beautiful places.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
26 Sep
@LadyDuck I know what you mean. I was lucky to visit Venice before the avalanche of the tourists.
1 person likes this
@luisadannointed (9449)
• Philippines
25 Sep
I can't follow coa I don't have any idea what Katrina is. Is it a storm or a tragic incident?
1 person likes this
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
26 Sep
@luisadannointed Your country has been prone to awful hurricanes too. But the Katrina destroyed forever a wonderful city.
@luisadannointed (9449)
• Philippines
26 Sep
@marguicha Oh I see.
We are having one and its on its way, actually everything was suspended in Southern Luzon right now. Even in Manila they suspended work at 2PM right now.
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (180086)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep
Netflix has some good documentaries. I saw that one about Katrina listed. When I was on the road with the carnival we went to New Orleans. I fell in love with it too. My dream is to visit there again since it was Sunday and everything was closed.
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (180086)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Sep
@marguicha .......It has so much going for it. Las Vegas was cool back then but now the crowds of people would drive me crazy. New York is so big. Yes, nothing as good as New Orleans. It's an entirely different world.
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
26 Sep
I visited the US several times along the years and my favorite city was New Orleans before the Katrina. While I did have fun at Las Vegas and Disneyworld and admired the museums in New York and Washington, nothing was as good as New Orleans
1 person likes this
@FourWalls (78998)
• United States
26 Sep
I've been to New Orleans a couple of times in the past few years. There are places I've been where "scars" from disasters are still evident, such as some of the empty lots along the Gulf in Biloxi or the fire marks on trees in the Great Smoky Mountains. Those are scars. What I saw in New Orleans were open wounds. I don't know if the city will ever return to what it was.
I don't know if the city will ever return to what it was.1 person likes this
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
26 Sep
The word " open wounds" is true. Few things are like that. I remember feeling that that when we passed an old cemetary in the Atacama desert. There were some open children tombs. I had to start praying although I´m not a person who prays often.
Few things are like that. I remember feeling that that when we passed an old cemetary in the Atacama desert. There were some open children tombs. I had to start praying although I´m not a person who prays often.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (201686)
• United States
26 Sep
There are many places in the US with scars from storms, fires, mudslides, earthquakes, etc.
1 person likes this
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
26 Sep
I know. It is everywhere. But New Orleans had a soul that went past the buildings.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (201686)
• United States
21h
@marguicha Bourbon Street is still alive and well. I have watched the webcams from that location.
@RasmaSandra (89301)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Sep
Documentaries are very interesting and have a lot of information, One Old Hollywood movie that did justice to the big earthquake that destroyed San Franciso is a musical worth watching called San Francisco with Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald,
1 person likes this
@marguicha (228624)
• Chile
25 Sep
When we went to San Francisco we could see some of the old problems. But then San Francisco was not built earthquake proof and still isn´t.
1 person likes this
