my neighbourhood of pontchartrain park had 20 feet of water and sat in it for two months.. we went to church that sunday morning, and the bynums, they lives around the corner from us, an elderly couple. and my father said, "you guys leaving? they said, "no, we're going to stay." isaid, "no, we're going to leave. "it's all right. well, you know, you guys take care." and that was the last time we saw them. they found miss bynum in a tree. so the desperation of trying to leave the water, you know, escape the water she had climbed into a tree. and the tree fell over into the flood. it was... so i always think of them and... ..how i wish... how i wish they had left now. and so thankful that we had. i always think had i stayed maybe i would have gotten around the corner to save them. but may they rest in peace. you brought your parents back to your house eventually? yes. and it was...trashed. it was destroyed. i neverforget driving back into the city when we were able to finally get back to our neighbourhood. it looked like nuclear winter. everything was grey, everything was des