"The only time I wanted to go home was shortly after Katrina," Jesse said. "My family's house wasn't in the path of the storm, but I still wanted to go and see if they were OK. But no one would answer when I called. I finally heard from a neighbor that they were OK."
He blinked. "Sorry, didn't mean to go meandering down Melancholy Memory Lane," he apologized. "But yeah, I definitely haven't seen another place like this one around."