Worst Cemetery I've Ever Seen!!! Warning Open Graves & Exposed Coffins 

I’m not a morbid person but I love old cemeteries!!! It makes u wonder about the life and history of each person buried there!!

They should start a prison program and let the prisoners clean that place up the men and the women as well. We pay enough taxes to keep prisoner's its costly so let them earn their keep! That cemetery is disgraceful be it from storms or vandalism there is no excuse for keeping it that way!

HI THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING Sweet Olive Cemetery. I am the founder of Friends of Sweet Olive Cemetery nonprofit. We are working towards getting the entire Cemetery renewed. I would love to have your video on our social media platforms. The more increased exposure the more pressure we can o apply to the people in charge.

I'm surprised no one noted that Ella Hayes died at 105 years old. Born before Reconstruction ended and died just a few days before Reagan was inaugurated. Lived that long only to have an open grave, ironically considering it is one of the newer graves in that cemetery.

Woman was born in 1875 and lived for 106 years only to have her grave desecrated like that, unbelieveable!!!!!

I restore thousands of headstones a year in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. I am more than willing to get in contact with you to find out some information. I can then find out who to speak to and get this place it's dignity back and respect the dead

Cremation, Aquamation, Composting of the deceased makes so much sense to me after seeing this disaster. Rest in peace

You aren't disrespectful...you are just showing us how sad these poor souls graves have deteriorated over the many years... you are just showing us how incredibly sad it is to see. I was worried you may miss your footing and fall...but thank you for showing such sad scenes of loved ones left and forgotten.......😢😢 Thank you and God bless you.....

Yes, it's sad... but it's inevitable. After 50 years or so (average), graves aren't visited any more. Eventually, a graveyard isn't maintained any more, either. So in the cemetery in the video, there is hardly a vase of flowers anywhere. Not even a glass jar with withered flowers. And now the cemetery itself is decaying. It happens to all cemeteries sooner or later. All the great cemeteries of Roman Britain, for example, with their mausoleums and tombs, have long disappeared and are reduced to archaeological traces. So what we are seeing here is the start of that inevitable process. Dust we are, to dust we return.

These types of cemeteries may look like they've been vandalized, but in reality it was probably due to flooding and hurricanes, especially in La., and also possibly due to the cemetery being abandoned because the owners are deceased now and didn't leave it to anyone in a will or whatever. In places where the water table is high (low-lying lands) caskets come up to the surface a lot during flooding and sometimes you can see videos after floods of caskets floating down the street. Also, whoever designed this cemetery didn't leave much space in between the graves for a mower to go through. It looks like someone would have to go through with a weed-wacker in some of those areas.

Those folks are proud to live like this. If they're not robbing the graves, emotying deceased bodies on the ground, they're dumping garbage in the cemetery.

There has to be criminal or civil liability for this. In Wisconsin, where I'm from, there are laws about cemeteries and their upkeep & maintenance. Primarily the really old cemeteries like ones that are just random sections of land with 10-50 maybe graves and veterans as well.

33:17 Ella Hayes died at the age of 105 years. this is how her grave looks 41 years after her passing, unbelievable.

Sad as it may be, it’s possible that it might not be a perpetual care cemetery. My great-grandparents are buried in such a cemetery, & it’s basically up to us to go out every so often & clean up & maintain their burial site. Eventually, nature reclaims everything.

I believe I'd be afraid of just dropping in on somebody unexpected. It looks like that once all of the money that was made from selling plots dried up the people that was in charge of this graveyard just threw in the towel ( so to speak), said the heck with it and this is truly heartbreaking to realize. Nobody whatsoever should be left to be forgotten and never be cared about ever again because it's just another form of depravity and no consideration at all. 😥

You are definitely not being disrespectful. You are raising awareness and it's appreciated greatly!

You must turn the footage over to your local news station to the investigative Department. Thank you for your service Sir!😇🙏❤🇺🇸

The cemetery where my family is buried does a half ass job of mowing the ground there. There are dead branches hanging on just about every tree in there. I worked for a family friend doing landscaping and he let me use the equipment trailer. I got 5-6 of my cousins and we went in there and cleaned up the whole cemetery. Took us all day, but it was well worth it .

Heartbreaking, disturbing and dehumanizing. You did a great job showing this disaster and you did it in a respectful way. Could a historical society, local group, someone, take an area or 20 graves at a time and at least TRY to give these souls some dignity. Thank you.

I can’t believe what I’m seeing. Thank you so much for bringing this out.

This is a geologist's perspective on the matter. Another factor to consider with regard to the condition of that cemetery (and a great many others in Louisiana) is the clay that forms the surface of much of southern Louisiana. Clays tend to shrink then swell as they are subjected to periods of drying and wetting. This causes the vaults to shift and crack over time. In some areas, the shrinking/swelling is so marked over many decades that vaults are broken open and caskets exposed. Ultimately, caretakers of many cemeteries give up attempting to maintain the crypts because they can't keep up with the damage caused by Mother Nature.

This cemetery is in Louisiana which would help explain the state of it. I have seen hurricanes destroy cemeteries. Years ago a friend of my parents returned to her home and found her dining room window smashed and a coffin on the table. Flooding and storms take a toll on places like this.

You are a brave man, a hero for bringing this to our attention. Thank you so much.

I realize this was a year ago, and it is sad, but the truth is that as old as these graves are, there's a good chance the bodies have completely decomposed by now. Remember, the body isn't the person but a shell. Many of these graves may not have family's in the area to tend to them. It does look like some work has started, I hope it continues. There was a hurricane mentioned, and that alone can cause a lot of damage. There may be no money to help with this sad situation. I pray that your video will reach those who are called to restore these memorials. Your love and concerning heart may be the first step in restoring this beautiful old cemetery ✝️🙏💖🤗

I remember as a teenager we had major flooding in my hometown and a cemetery that was near my home had serious erosion and seven coffins went down the hill into peoples front yards. And many of the coffin contents had been displaced from their containers! People utterly petrified from what they saw.

Number one reason why I am having direct cremation.So disrespectful to those people.Thank You for showing us.

I view it beautiful, raw and honest. Indicative of a community worn and tired. No doubt hurricanes have brushed their strokes against weary landscapes. The soil isn't an unpleasant place to be swallowed up and nourished in. It knows what to do. Carefully shedding and repurposing as elements commonly do. Allow it to unapologetically tell you its story within folds of grass and leaves. Stories whispered against wavering elms and crooked branches. It sheds no tears for withered leaves. So too, our bodies disapate over courses of time. Even names, rubbed away. Unashamed of exposure. Allow it to be what it is. So much to draw from. X

I would help, with all seriousness. The landscaping for me would be so therapeutic. I'm glad someone commented with help, though! Keep us updated 💜. I've seen stacked graves, they're "family internments" or "family tombs" so you can all be buried together and take up less space.

This cemetery is only 1.5 miles from the Mississippi river, it has flooded many time. You can not dig a grave 6' due to the water table being only about 3', that is why you see so many double and even triple stacked vaults, the vault you see on top is sometimes the second vault with the first just underground with it's top flush with the ground. Some of the metal caskets you saw probably once had a second vault on top that floated off or collapsed during a flood leaving the now exposed casket in the first vault . I know some old cemeteries in Galveston, the tops of the vaults are just sticking up out of the water of a now flooded field.

So sad. The stories these people could tell and the lives they lived. No one should be forgotten this way. I wish I lived closer to help.

My grandparents lived in Pocahontas all of their life. I visited them often. Went there in the 60s, 70, and 80s, and 90s. That cemetery has always looked like that for as long as I can remember. Used to explore it myself. It's so sad it's still like that.

The county should be held responsible for that mess

This scale of neglect and abandonment didn't simply happen overnight. As Thomas (commenting below) has pointed out, there has to be the willingness for communities to accept responsibility and to take action. Further, a lot of cemetery maintenance is unpaid. Sad, but that's the reality of it.

I live outside of New Orleans in one of the hardest hit areas of Hurricane Katrina. So many of our cemeteries ended up like this because of the wind and water damage. We had caskets from cemeteries floating miles down the road. They were old cemeteries just like this, so it could be the same type of situation, unfortunately. Even after all of these years, there is still so much disrepair especially to the cemeteries because people couldn’t afford to fix them up.

I really appreciate you for exposing this.

I learned about these types of pods you could be buried in with a tree of your choice and be buried naturally in the ground sustaining that tree. This is just me, but if I were to be buried I’d rather have my own private land with a lot reserved as my family gravesite and give my family the option to be buried in these pods to grow a grove of trees with beautiful plaques as a memorial to know where we’ve been buried rather than having be buried in a airtight box or be burned to ashes. It would be a plot beautifully designed to be a garden. My tree would be the shelter provided to my descendants as they come to visit me to protect them from the heat of the hot sun and a sturdy place to rest. I would want my resting place to be a place of beauty and peace.

I am not trying to sound callous here. Many people want to describe the problem like this and complain. But there is no entity that has responsibility for it at this point. Whatever organization formed this cemetery is clearly insolvent and defunct. The local government has no responsibility unless enough political pressure is exerted on them to do something - and then it is at taxpayer expense. The reality is the only thing that fixes this, or keeps many other cemeteries maintained is VOLUNTEERS. It is up to the family members of the buried, or other concerned people to organize and to the grunt work, and donate. I know this first hand only because I am a volunteer at a local cemetery where my son is buried.

How Absolutely Heartbreaking! Yes! A News Crew Seriously "NEEDS" To See This!! At The Very Least, People Can See The Disrespect Going On Here & Hopefully The Community Will Get Together & Fix This Atrocity!!

Ty for raising awareness

Each grave has it’s own story and eventually we all have to die. I miss my late mom every second but then i find peace in knowing that we all will pass through this brief life.

Ya know we walk on graves every single day. The whole earth is a burial ground so in a sense we walk on someone’s grave every day

It's like an ad for crematoriums. Great example of why people should not be buried.

Someone should be held accountable for that disaster! That is a horrible situation.

Thank you for your work. This video was interesting and I love history so it’s very appreciated. I wish you had given us the year of birth and death of the people buried. This graveyard is apparently in this shape due to the graves being in an area which is below sea level and close to the Mississippi River. The comfort for the families and the people who have been disturbed by watching this is that this is only their bodies. Their souls have left this earth. Visit the grave yard in New Orleans!

I am a cemetery rehab specialist in Virginia. A lot of that damage may be vandalism, in addition movement in the A horizon (top 30 inches of dirt) will cause uneven cemetery stones and slabs. Also if the concrete grave cover (slabs) do not contain reinforcing steel , that could account for all the broken slabs. That cemetery would take a large commitment by the town to put it in order...

It is in horrible condition. Very sad. The town should address this! Disrespectful, dangerous, and un sanitary.

I don’t know what era the brick mausoleums belong to but the concrete ones, with that patina on them, are late 19th-early 20th century era. I grew up near a cemetery and walked thru it as a short-cut to and from school. I used to read the headstones and so the concrete lids are familiar to me. Most of those are old enough that no living relatives still visit them.

Wow😵, that the authorities did not realize or did not care about having a cemetery🪦 in such a disastrous condition gives much to think about😟, sometimes people like you have to make a video to place it in the media to make an alert, that cemetery has history obviously with very valuable people buried there⚰, I wonder if something was done about it🤔, thanks for sharing, greetings from The Netherlands🌹

*I truly advise you to wear big and tall boots,* to explore such places. Scorpions, snakes and spiders are a real danger. Be rubber or leather boots, make sure you wear the tall ones.

I have never in my life felt so badly for the dead. Thank God they don’t know how their final resting place has been kept up it hasn’t. The city should be ASHAMED of themselves!!!

Hello. We are new to your channel. This is a great video.

Bless u for reaching out for help

Believe it or not, General Sam Houston's grave in Huntsville TX once looked exactly like some of these! Mama and I visited it in the late 60s. An inscription said, 'The world will take care of Houston's fame.' Huh. For a while there it didn't even care about his grave. It's been taken care of since, thank goodness. Beautifully repaired and maintained. These poor people!

This makes me look at cremation in a lot more favorable light. Why haven't they even attempted to at least rebury the coffins that are above ground? Where are relatives? Lord help these poor people. Who would think that a cemetary would just leave things this way. It's truly an outrage!!!

This is actually a reminder of how eventually everyone who dies is forgotten. It shows the reality of what it means to keep the remains of those who have passed. Families become more and more distant, and its not long before the only family alive has never met those who passed. Primarily I fault the city management for allowing people to use a cemetery that is so completely overcrowded that they are stacking them on top of each other. Even the city has forgotten what it means to manage. It looks like this is in hurricane territory with the flooding that is common with hurricanes and tornados. Plus everything is so old its already weather worn. I couldn't read hardly any of the markers.

That is horrible. I think it's perfectly appropriate to bring awareness about this. City council or a county representative should be made aware etc.

So sad to see this cemetery in such a dreadful state, thankyou for sharing this ❤️

In England 🇬🇧 the local councils and volunteers and relatives keep up the tidy work in the cemeteries and there are only victorian graves that are risen in tombstones the coffins are mostly underground and secure this is so sad

That cemetery is in ROUGH shape. While I did see on the mausoleum a few burials from the 2000's I imagine that a lot of those folks have been long forgotten about. But you are right in saying a weed wacking party sure would be the least that could be done to improve things.

I hope the local community raises their voice to begin repairs to these 100 year-old graveside. What was once a somber place holds a century of historical remains ofenslaved and ancestors who deserve respect and care. This destruction can be reversed and put right. Shame on the city for its neglect !

Who…on earth…would ever let this happen??? This is also possibly a health risk. RIP to all who are buried here. This should be a criminal investigation!!

What you don’t understand is a lot of these cemeteries In Louisiana were damaged by the hurricanes that came through. Hurricane Katrina alone demolished and unearthed many graves from cemeteries. Flood waters cause a lot of this damage and it’s not on the priority list to fix or repair. I can see the water damage on the stones.

im thankful to you showing us and you didn't get hurt. to be nice wording so no one offended. this really ticks off my family and I ... tho we don't have family in it

We have people who need to do community service work under supervisors to keep our cemeteries maintained. You are doing a huge service by speaking for those who can't. The State, County and City should be very ashamed they are not caring for their people.

Here's my 2 cents: hand-wringing won't help the situation. Don't know about this community, but it may be that the community is struggling to care for the living, so the dead take a back seat. The answer may be a multi-faceted volunteer project. Firstly, identify the historical facts about the cemetery, ie. which plantations used it as their burying ground, which churches buried their congregants there, compile lists of those buried there either from newspaper obits (local newspapers may be online to research) or archived vital records. Next, identify the names of veterans that are buried there and fraternal organization members as there may be a grant or funds available from veterans' organizations or fraternal organizations for upgrading the condition of the cemetery. Are there any trade schools within 200 miles of this cemetery that are teaching masonry and concrete work? If so, maybe they could be persuaded to bring their students in for some hands-on experience reconstructing some of the brick barriers and structures. What is the name of this cemetery? Does it appear on the website Find-a-Grave? One of the best ways to drum up support for this type of project is to make the public aware of it, particularly those that may have a loved one buried there. I'm too old to offer physical labor, but would be willing and able to help with gathering data and compiling lists of those buried there from records if I can find access to same. Are there sexton's records for this cemetery? Has anyone checked with the local library or county historical society? A temporary grid and sections could be set up there, and a team of volunteers could do a 2 or 3 day walk through recording any names and dates from the markers. If this cemetery isn't already on Find a Grave someone (I can do it) can post information on markers and memorials as they are located. Another team of people with gas or battery powered weedwackers could tidy the place up a bit, and maybe a dumpster could be rented to haul away some of the debris like the appalling casket just laying there. Right now government agencies and historical societies are mulling over raising up and restoring a sunken slave ship that was recently discovered. If that can be done, certainly something can be done about this cemetery with a little determination and brain storming.

Dude... it's up to the ancestors (family) to upkeep their loved ones graves. There are NO ancestors left alive. Besides, their loved ones are NOT THERE. Their empty vessels have long ago disintegrated. The Spirit says to take the flowers home and enjoy them.

This is absolutely horrible. Where the hell is the community and civic leaders. Where are my patriots and my male leaders? I wished I lived in that community. Shameful we treat our dead like this. God help us all.

I didn't see any mention of where this is in the description. Is that intentional?

This is why I am being cremated as much as I love cemeteries they sometimes end up like this and in this area flooding may be damaged due to flooding. Your sinking down in the ground may be the reason why the place is overgrown with weeds it is obviously not safe to be mowing and weed whacking in this place. It is really in a sad state what a shame.

In a way, I think its kinda beautiful to see nature taking over. I'd go out there and scatter wildflower seeds into the open coffins. It is sad they stopped taking care of the grounds but seeing flowers coming out of the graves would be a beautiful circle of life kind of thing.

We use to have Save Our Cemeteries in New Orleans. Not sure if it's still happening. I've been to many centimeters in and around nola. I knew this was Louisiana before you even said it in the video. Sadly it's pretty common around here. Thank you for your video ❤

Here in Houston Texas we we even have groups of folks who restore cemeteries.

I'm watching from Australia. This is heart breaking to say the least. My eyes filled with tears early in your vlog at the sight of the veterans destroyed tomb. Is this all storm damage or vandalism as well? I see nicely kept gardens in the surrounding homes; how hard would it be for each household to pop over with a fully fuelled weed whacker and do a section at a time?

Actually, I like the fact that these grounds are slowly being reclaimed by nature. Face it, most of the deceased are long dead and have few (if any) living relatives or friends left in the area. And I can assure you that NO state or local agency has the funds (or inclination) to spend precious tax dollars on a long abandoned cemetery in one of the poorest states in the country. Indeed, this is Louisiana and as we saw with "Katrina," (along with countless other named and unnamed storms) their water table is high, the land at or below sea level and the disinterment of vaults, graves and of course their 'contents' are pretty much the norm rather than the exception. Putting up a safety fence and allowing the forces of nature to continue reclaiming this site, while also insuring that local historical societies document and record the names of all who are interred would certainly be a sensible and fairly inexpensive solution to this situation. Because one day in the not so distant future, enough storms will pass as to destroy these grounds forever, erasing for all time the names of those who were once loved and remembered in this little field of wildflowers and weeds. (p.s.....Please stop beating yourself up as you were EXTREMELY sensitive and respectful to the grounds and its occupants!) p.p.s.....Please consider showing various names and dates of the deceased, as I (and assuredly others) simply stopped watching after some 15 minutes of non-historical context.

In the first 15 minutes, I saw like one grave with fresh flowers and two with American flags. It's so bad that many loved ones probably don't bother trying to visit anymore 😥

Wow . Good for you to do this I will look into this also with you .. mynhusbandbis a marine vet. Also ..this place is horrific and will be fined or in prison who ever responsible or grounds keeper is gonna be inspected. Guaranteed....thanks for your video it was needed and like I said I going to expose also on social media's plus make calls ... P.I. LISA ...

Right sir. You're NOT being disrespectful AT ALL. The folks responsible for this horrific neglect are the ones who are DISRESPECTFUL. There's NO EXCUSE for a cemetery to remain in such deplorable condition. Not surprising at all that it's a cemetery in Louisiana.

There are other states with privately owned cemeteries in similar shape....Rhode Island comes to mind. Another vlogger did a vid on it. Garbage piled on veterans's graves, public mausoleum building condemned with caskets and ashes inside. Solution is volunteers working for free.

God bless you sir for exposing such abuse towards these people, if I lived there I would volunteer free to clean and ask others to help also, there's no excuse in the eyes of God for this abuse, I pray others would be as caring as you, your truly one of God's Angels🙏

This makes my heart sad. I come from a family that always cared for the graves of the family dead and the graves of others that were neglected. So sad because these were all people who had lives, loves, hopes and fears, dreams, humanity. Their graves should be respected. Thank you for showing us this vid. I had no idea such places existed. Surely something could be done. Many would donate.

Fun fact: In Switzerland, after 25 years, people are evicted from their gravesites and the sites are reused.

there are homes around the place, holy cow! Who would wanna live across from this. Why has the county not stepped in!!! This is horrendous!!

man this is so sad and so disrespectful they don't take care of it. like you said the worst. i never seen anything like it

There's only one way to look at this: the needs of the living take precedence over the *lack* of needs of the dead, especially in our poorer states. Sorry to bring this harsh truth to light. Even the prisoner solution would come with a substantial price tag; all that "free" labor must be transported, fed, and supervised.

I want to start off by saying Thank You for your service. 🇺🇸 Louisiana has its own culture, which you are experiencing right now. The state sits below sea level, making it hard sometimes to get creative on how to bury the dead. This is a typical cemetery in La. I agree, it needs some TLC, however, most of these graves are possibly over 100 yrs old or older. Their families are probabaly long gone as well, leaving no visitors. "Someone" has taken the time to get that TLC going. Cleaning the cemetery takes time due to the extreme heat & humidity. It's a very labor-type job. In most places, from what I can tell from your vid is that a lawn mower could not be used. Only a gas weed wacker. Also, La floods A LOT due to hurricanes & tropical storms. La still hasn't been able to fully recover from Katrina. One thing that can be done is to make waves on getting the cemetery listed as a historical cemetery. Enlist ppl in the community. You would be amazed at how many ppl would be willing to help, if only a handful. And a VERY important tip: You are worried about snakes, as you should be, BUT you are also in the middle of "gator"ville. Don't lose an arm. Best wishes!

This would be a good project for a good samaritan who won the lottery and wanted to put a good deed together. I imagine it would cost over a million dollars just to get it back to original condition. The other issue is maintaining a cemetery like this. Truly heart breaking!

Imagine how much money their families paid for coffins, funeral, burial cost……. FOR WHAT?!?! The ONLY ones who benefit from all of that are the businesses.

Time and nature eventually take their toll. The souls of these people have moved on and their bodies have returned to the earth. It’s doubtful many loved ones are still living to visit or care about the condition of the graves and cemetery. I don’t find any part of this disrespectful or tragic but I’m not a proponent of funerals and traditional burial either.

Thank You for caring enough to show this! It's so sad to see this. Thank you to the person offering to help restore these peoples dignity!!!! It would be great to see the progress of cleaning this up, send a link if you do! God Bless!!!

😢That is hands down the worst cemetery I’ve ever seen Surely someone should be able to find out about this Unfortunately I live in Australia otherwise I would organise a working group to help fix this There is a lot of American history there and no one cares Thank you for sharing this ❤❤

I thought these were hundreds of years old until I noticed one marker dated 1981😮. I once had to enter a 1850's tomb to remove bags of garbage dumped by residents of the nearby projects. Someone who didn't "get it" asked if crawing in over the identifiable bones gave me nightmares. I answered it gave me the most peaceful sleep I'd had in years.

Seeing so many cemeteries abandoned, and elsewhere, graves being recycled, is why I decided not to get buried.

Disrespectful is letting it get that bad. People should be happy you are helping bring attention to this issue.

you are bringing it to our attention! thank you so sad, disgraceful, and disrespectful:(

Hey man,yes there is an excuse,alot of those graves have been there a long time and most relatives probably dont know or arent aware of their people being buried there,I'm 49 years old and I have cousins who couldnt tell you where either of our late grandparents are buried.I live Louisiana and have seen a couple of cemeteries in alot worse shape than that,that are out in wooded areas.

New sub here. So sad to see a cemetery in this condition. This is one of the reasons that i'm getting cremated. Great video,just sad to see this. Blessed Be.

I knew as soon as I saw this Cemetery , that you were in Louisiana. Where the ground water level is too high, they bury the bodies above ground. And when the body has decade, they remove the bones, or push them to the side, and then bury another body in the same crypt. This area also is prone to flooding. So it is very difficult to maintain. The area was a French Colonie. So their are some very different practices than in the rest of the United States. It actually doesn't look as bad as some others I have seen. But Louisiana is not really known for a place to visit Cemeterys.

You are certainly not being disrespectful you are doing a very respectful job to highlight the disgraceful way the councillors and council of that community to allow such disrepair of this cemetery they should be a shame for this to happen 😮😮😢😢

I'm from NOLA where exactly is this cemetery my mother just passed TF she's now at rest at a nice cemetery. I assume this is North Louisiana because it's a small one. 🙏 To all those rested there & there families. RIP Mom it's been 14 days & I'm glad your back with Dad. I miss you terribly. Pls tell everyone you love them while their here

During the many yearly hurricanes, the newer graves will give up the coffin. We get floods. The land is below sea level or barely above it so it doesn’t take much for flooding. This is over 100 years old. The poverty in the south is partly to blame. When u can’t feed the kids at home, a 100 year old grave doesn’t seem as important. The homes need repaired after the storms. That cemetery does need attention but it probably won’t ever happen. Look at the homes around the cemetery and you will understand. The souls are gone and as old as the graves are, the bodies have returned to the earth. You can tell by the quality of the tombs that there was not much money for the burial to begin with. The quality of concrete has changed and gotten better. I remember after one storm, I went as fast as I could to make sure my babies graves was not exposed. Coffins were floating down the streets. Your lucky you didn’t meet a venomous snake or two in grass that high. God bless all of them and their families.