![NOAA Satellite Image of Hurricane Katrina making landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.](https://charest.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/hurricane-katrina-noaa-image.jpg)
My storm-related excitement on Monday, August 29 didn’t actually end with seeing my flooded house. My wife and I had spent the storm with three other families; each family owned a home in the general area. Monday afternoon, after the winds subsided enough to drive, we carpooled in the one vehicle still running to check out the other three houses.