Posted On: March 7, 2006, 7:21 am CST

Posted By: Lisa

I have lived in Beauregard Parish for almost all my life which is nearly 40 years. My mother has lived here all here life for over 60 years. One hurricane she remembers hit that impacted this area of Louisiana until Hurricane Rita- One Hurricane that was NOTHING COMPARED to Rita. I have seen one hurricane in my life... in almost 40 years...Rita. We were not asked to evacuate or told to evacuate even though we should have been told to...we could not get out even if when we tried as the roads were congested from the places that were under a madatory evacuating below us and gas stations for miles were empty of gas...
We have never forgotten that storm and are already preparing for the next Hurricane season!
However you say we are idiots because we live here.
You don't just pick up and move to another state or higher land that easy.
No, we are not idiots.
You will be noticing weather changes all over the United States trust me on that and one day YOUR state will need help during a Natural Disaster and we will call you idiots for living there! Such an idiot for commenting on a situation for which you know little about.
Sincerely,
Lisa