I don’t know the status of my apartment or anyone else’s homes. All I know is that I’m in Milwaukee now and I probably won’t be returning to New Orleans for A MONTH.

Just stop and imagine not being able to return to where you live for a month.

I am lucky and well-off. I will even be able to work from here for the next few weeks, but not everyone is as fortunate. Everything is just so scary because I really don’t have a home. I don’t have any of my stuff. I haven’t talked to my parents in about 48 hours (although we think that they are okay). I’m just really shocked and scared. I don’t have words to describe my feelings.