Old Man and the Storm

When the horrible reign of Hurricane Katrina invaded New Orleans it was more then most people could stomach to say the least. All over the news you just seen the sorrow and pain and destruction of what Katrina had done to those who only knew New Orleans as the only home they've ever had and known, that was now destroyed. However a Film maker named June Cross took a step and decided to go down their for several months almost two years and spent time with a family and there steps to getting their life back on track. The Gettridge family has in some ways been broken apart by this disaster. Their home destroyed, their family and friends homes destroyed, leaving everyone to fend for themselves and move to other places so they can maintain some type of life and function. However Mr. Gettridge the "Old Man" was so determined to stay at the home he's built with a family and wife and get things back to the way they were, no neighbors , no family, no wife but he was determined to fix up his home and get his life started all over again. there was such a love and determination in his soul and eyes. Even though there were hundreds of obstacles including the political mess that surrounded the situation and the slow movements of the governement and state to help ensure his ways of rebuilding his life.