WELL MY MOM WAS THE REASON WE ALL STAYED BEHIND.SHE THOUGHT THE WATER WAS NOT GOING TO GET ANY HIGHER,BUT SHE WAS WRONG.SO BY THE THIRD DAY WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO WALK IN ALL THAT NASTY WATER.I FELT SO DIRTY I HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT DIRTY IN ALL MY LIFE.I CAN OF FEEL SAD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE WE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FIRST HAD.WE SAW DEAD BODIES FLOATING IN THE WATER,BABIES CRYING BECAUSE THE WERE HOT AND HAD NO MILK OR DIAPERS.THE ELDERLY PASSING OUT FROM THE HEAT ALSO IT WAS REALLY A SAD TIME FOR NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE WE LOST A LOT IN 2005 DUE TO KATRINA I ALMOST LOST MY SON I DON\'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIM.THE STORM HAS ALSO MADE PEOPLE STRONGER AND WISER,SOME PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AS FRIENDS THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING.I DON\'T THINK NONE OF US WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.THAT WAS THE WORSE FEELING OF MY LIFE DON\'T WHERE YOU ARE GOING WHAT OYU ARE GOING TO EAT OR LIVE.SOME PEOPLE DECIDED NOT TO RETURN BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED OF RUNNNING AND I DON\'T BLAME THEM.