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In reply to the discussion: DUers post the thing about post Katrina that shocked you the most [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)and working all day to clear debris in 90+ weather with massive humidity, while knowing you will go home to little better than the area you were working in.
Hot as hell, very little in the way of bathing beyond baby wipes, MREs are a feast, and going to the toilet is an exercise in water management.
I will never say that I endured conditions any worse than anybody else, but I will also invite anyone that was on the ground day in day out at ground zero to say there wasn't widespread suffering among the residents, first responders and folks in the field.
It was bad. Pulling bodies out of the Gulf bad.
Cleaning up areas where bodies were pulled out of bad. Then you go home to no water, no electricity and an MRE.
I didn't endure conditions any worse than anybody else, though, but I was there from start to finish.