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In the foreground is a sign marking the waterline from Hurricane Katrina in Don Duplantier's home in Braithwaite, La., on Sept. 2., but floodwaters from Isaac went all the way up to the second floor. Duplantier retrieved his cat and collected his daughter's bridesmaid dress for the upcoming wedding of his son.
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A statue of St. Francis of Assisi is displayed on a mud-covered countertop.
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The flooded ground floor of the home of Don Duplantier is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac.
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Don Duplantier walks through his flooded home.
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Don Duplantier puts his cat Lovey into a kennel on the flooded second floor of his home.
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Don Duplantier holds his cat 'Lovey' as he prepares to transport him from his flooded home. More than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn't have any power five days after Hurricane Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives.
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Lovey meows from its kennel.
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Don Duplantier paddles a pirogue from his flooded home.
On Sunday morning nearly 265,000 customers in Louisiana, 13,000 in Mississippi and 7,300 in Arkansas remained without power, according to The Weather Channel.
Isaac was the first hurricane to strike the United States this year and it hit the New Orleans area almost exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, causing an estimated 1,800 deaths.
Reported by NBC News staff and wire services.
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Sort of reminds me of some television shows. Filming someone struggling in an apparent life or death situation with a script commenting "it is very difficult and he may not succeed" with a crew of 20 filming, helicopters and large convenience tent 50 feet away.
What a wonderful Dad, and cat lover. But what he as gone through again like other people there is horrible. I am glad that our government was more prepared than before, and help the people fast. I hope they can rebuild there lives fast. prayers for all of them.
OK middle class America lets go pay to rebuild his house for the 5th time...
American tax payers should not spend a dime on these people, if you are dumb enough to build your life there then you pay for it.
7 years to the day... HELLO?
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Albert Einstein
The photos are devastating; and yet this man still manages a smile. So sorry for everyones losses. Wow, just how do you begin? I don't think I would have the strength after being hit a second time. Somehow I would just leave the area.
But sooooo much water in louisiana. Half of the state still has no electrical power. I tell you it looks like climate change to me. Just like al gore and 98% of the climate scientists said and because of co2 from fossil fuels.
No. No. No. Say mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com. Co2 has nothing to do with louisiana. That 98% of the climate scientists say that climate change is based in some part on co2. 1.95% say they are not sure if co2 has a role in climate change or not. 0.05% say that co2 does not have any effect on climate change in any way.
And say mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com that these 0.05% of the world's climate scientists are the absolutely correct ones. That we should employ hundreds of thousands of people working on the keystone xl pipeline which 100% of scientists agree will cause co2 emission to skyrocket up from the 1990 co2 emissions levels of today.
But i can't say. If you were to ask mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com - what would happen if you and the 0.05% of the climate scientists who say co2 have nothing to do with climate change are wrong. I tell you they give you only a blank stare. They will tell you that it is inconceivable that they could be wrong.
This is an insight of what the Democratic National Convention will be like. A sesspool with a bunch of crap flowing through it.
Instead of wasting taxpayers money in Afgan and Iraq for 11 years and making HaliburtonCheney and Bush rich we need to get out of there and help these people That's where our tax money should go. But, Haliburton and all the gun runners don't make money off such contastrophes and helping people, they only want to exploit. We need to get back to our country and turn it into solar and even harness the huricanes powers, not support oil, canada and wall street and distroy our gulf coast with oil spills and now with Alaska spills if we let the rhetoric that we need to stay on oil and open up the Alaska reserves.k We need to build damns that work, instead of slop jobs. We spend more time in Afgan helping people who kill our soldiers than coming up with ways to build walls and damns and support these people who are Americans. They have a right to live there and they pay taxes which should help them live there better. Times up we need to get out of the war, out of oil and into sustainable energies, solar and wind, no longer coal, oil like Germany has done to stop the manipulation Russia put them through with oill We can train our people they will work if they are trained that's where our tax money should go.
Awww! Thats so cute! God bless you mr Duplatier, for going back and saving your cat! I work for animal rescue and I have been an animal lover since i was a little child! I take of ferral kittys i have twelve now! And i just took one kitten down to the shelter, it had a worm in its chest! But now its cured and doing great! I love all my animals! And i take care of them! People who really love their pets dont forget them! This is agreat story! Im praying for all you folks that were caught in this terrible storm! God Bless You All!
Flooded once, flooded twice. Bet his first pets died and he learned nothing from that either. This is a kitten. He is one of those Southern gents who care nothing for his pets or simply does not learn. Maybe he never saw the millions of hours of film about dying and dead from Katrina. Makes me sick.
I would not be wading in that water without high water boots.
Im glad he saved the cat but if a hurricane is coming toward my house I would probably take my kids and animals with me when I evacuated, not after the house flooded.
Regardin cat rescue: not being in that man's shoes I do not believe any of us are in a position to judge; Iam just thankful for the kitten and the man that they were able to reunite. Blessings to both!
My heart just breaks for all these famlies. I just hope they get the help they need to get their lives back together. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. xoxoxoxox
Why don't we pull the troops back from Afghanistan to help our own people here. That is really doing something to help people who really needs help.
That would be the National Guard. If regular Army is needed, the Govenor of the state must ask the President to send Army.
Remember? During Katrina the Govenor REFUSED help from Pres Bush. Then the people blamed Bush for not sending help.
He seams like a wonderful person. I like his smile and wish him well.
What a great Dad. Some woman knew a great guy when she chose to marry him. I know his family really appreciates him.
I hope they all have enough sense to rebuild there again. LOL
Ha Ha, right!!! "Ill tell ya, Sharice. Five or six more floods and were outta here, MMMM HHHUUUUHH"
I would have moved after the last flooding, in place of exposing myself to the same trials & emotions & loss!
dtwig posted:
Um, he probably wasn't home?? At work maybe? Or at a friends house?
Use some common sense.
Just look at the picture. We have nothing, but we can start again. Big house...destroyed... little and fortunate cat...will have a new chance with his master. While there is life, there is hope. "Things" means nothing...hope will bring you back in your feet again. His smile means, my real belongins I have with me, my life...my precious cat, lets move on. Where is the big house, the cars, the big screen TV? In mud... behind.. That's it people , that's it.
From the pictures he certainly had a beautiful home in a place with a very nice climate. The only draw back I found while visiting down there were the mosquitos they eat you up down there. I visited several nice areas though.
Not exactly the kind of pussy im going back into a disaster area for.
It's crazy how after all that, he still has a smile on his face.
Location,Location,Location !!! It pays to choose wisely.
Louisiana stay strong, I'm a resident of this beautiful place. It is a wetland but people have survived here for hundreds of years and we will continue to do so. I absolutely love it here!