More Southern Souls
When you go back to work you think your life is going to be back to normal and back to the routine, but you get there and you see the empty desks
"When you go back to work you think your life is going to be back to normal and back to the routine, but you get there...
Our pets are family members, we had to save them too
"Our pets are family members, we had to save them too. We weren't leaving if they weren't coming with us. The first...
Family is all I have left. And my puppies. And toilet paper
"When my brother told me the water was rising, I put my important papers and toilet paper in plastic bags. I don't...
I worry about all of us. Getting another house is going to be too expensive
"We lost almost everything. Water was very bad. Everything is wet. We put it all outside. We stayed at the shelter for...
I know they are trying to help us, but it feels like prison
"I have six kids and I am a single parent. We lost everything--clothes, shoes and our car. This is so stressful for...
A few weeks ago it was white verses black here. This flood brought us together
"We just saved this picture from my sister's house. I lost everything too. We still have to pay the bills. Utility,...
This is not my first flood. I lived in Africa and have seen worse than this
"I had to swim through the dirty water for help. I didn't think about it. This is not my first flood. I lived in...
We need a place to stay. I don’t know where we are going to go.”
“The flood happened Friday. We couldn’t come back until Monday. We didn’t have clothes to wear. We worked here Tuesday...
When the shit hits the fan, we are all we have got
"The rain came down so hard that it felt like someone was dumping buckets of water. It kept on like that and sounded...
The tattoo is my dad. This is the only picture I have of anyone in my family
"We knew the rain was coming. I was going to work the next day, so I made me a stick to put in the yard. I thought it...
God is good. He saved me, but it was pretty close
"I woke up at 7 on Saturday morning, the water was coming up really fast. It looked like an ocean. I got the attention...
It happened so fast. We had to wade out in waist-deep water with our six kids and what we had on our backs.
"We lost power about 5 on Saturday morning. About 45 minutes later, the water came rushing from the back side of our...