Any time a tragedy strikes a family depending on what it is it can be very difficult to hold it all together. There has been a l lot of proof of this when all of the recent natural disasters from hurricanes and flooding has destroyed so many homes and the families that live in them. There are many of these families that suffered the devastation of hurricane Katrina that were able to put their homes and their lives back together because they had flood insurance that helped them to be able to repair and rebuild, but there were just as many more families that were not covered for natural disaster flooding and were left utterly homeless and helpless.

Unless you have personally ever been in a situation where your whole home was destroyed and everything or almost everything init, then you have no idea how devastating it can be to the parents and especially the children. To be evacuated quickly from the house you are used to being comfortable in to go to a shelter or the home of a family member or friend can be unsettling for a child, but when they learn they can never go home to their belongings and that familiar atmosphere, it can be traumatizing.

The real problems for these families begin when they have to call a shelter their home on a permanent basis until the parents can return to their old jobs or like with so many, have to find new ones. The kids might have to go back to a different school and wear clothes and shoes that did not even belong to them. All of their toys and maybe even their beloved family pet had to be left behind before the flood.

Although most children are resilient and will recover in time, it is still not an easy thing for the parents either. They have to worry about how all of the damage and upheaval has hurt their children and themselves. It can be horrible for parents that are used to supporting themselves and their home to suddenly have to be taken care of by strangers with no where of their own to go.

Many of these families actually had to relocate to other states and stay in shelters there because there was no more places for them to go in their home state. Over time these families have also built new lives for themselves, but it will still never erase the horror of what they had to live through because of a flood.