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Posted by Pat P on September 2, 2005, 6:48 am
Glad to hear that Olwyn mary is OK - so sad to see those poor (in all senses
of the word) who are stuck there and, in their own words, "starving".
Even sadder is the sight of so many resorting to violence and looting in
such a civilised country, but, on the other hand, what else can they do when
their children are under such deprivation and duress.
The one that moved me the most was the man saying he held onto his wife`s
hand as she begged him to let go of her and look after the children. That
was the last he saw of her.
As I said to Carolyn, yesterday - when Mother Nature just coughs, we all
have to watch out!
Pat P
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> Thank you Tia Mary for posting this. Very happy to hear that all is well.
> Physical possesions are meaningless compared to human life. Now I'll have
> to find another cute cat picture to send you. Did I send you the one of
> the
> cat sprawled out on the couch with a beer in one paw and the remote in the
> other? Must be a male cat ofcourse.
> George
>> She just posted to one of the other groups. Here is her entire post,
>> just in case she doesn't get anything posted here right away.......
>> I'm safe, cool and dry in a suburb of Lake Charles, LA, right near the
>> Texas border,
>> staying with the friends we made when we evacuated for HurrixNE iVAN.
>> (And I can't type worth a @#$% on this laptop when I'm used to a real
>> keyboard). After the canal gave wAY, I decided to get out even though
>> we were up high, just in case the moat effect did happen. There was(and
>> still is) only one way out of New Orleans which is the Crescent City
>> Connection. For those of you who have visited the city, that is the
>> huge bridge which crosses the river just above downtown. From there,
>> the only road available was U.S. 90. As DH has well controlled diabetes,
>> plus a pacemaker which is rapidly approaching the end of its projected
>> life, and as thehospitals were evacuating, I decided to get him out of
>> there while I still could. I had started packing several days ago on
>> the assumption we would fly out, but at 1 a.m. I heard about the canal
>> walls and pumps failing. Woke up dh (he had had 2 hrs sleep, I had
>> about 1/2 hr). We packed for a car trip instead, called a young, fit
>> neighbor and cleaned out fridges and freezers for her to share with the
>> nbhood, unplugged the appliances, turned off the water heater, and were
>> onthe road by 3:30 a.m. Once out of the city, we stayed on U.S. 90
>> instead of trying for the interstate, and there was hardly a car on the
>> road. Very foggy going over the swamps and bayous. I drove until dawn,
>> then we stopped at a truckstop, waited for full daylight, called our
>> friends here before they left for work. They were thrilled we had "come
>> to our senses" and left a key under the mat for us. DH took over the
>> driving. We finally got here in the early afternoon, and I am now
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> Physical possesions are meaningless compared to human life. Now I'll have
> to find another cute cat picture to send you. Did I send you the one of
> the
> cat sprawled out on the couch with a beer in one paw and the remote in the
> other? Must be a male cat ofcourse.
> George
>> She just posted to one of the other groups. Here is her entire post,
>> just in case she doesn't get anything posted here right away.......
>> I'm safe, cool and dry in a suburb of Lake Charles, LA, right near the
>> Texas border,
>> staying with the friends we made when we evacuated for HurrixNE iVAN.
>> (And I can't type worth a @#$% on this laptop when I'm used to a real
>> keyboard). After the canal gave wAY, I decided to get out even though
>> we were up high, just in case the moat effect did happen. There was(and
>> still is) only one way out of New Orleans which is the Crescent City
>> Connection. For those of you who have visited the city, that is the
>> huge bridge which crosses the river just above downtown. From there,
>> the only road available was U.S. 90. As DH has well controlled diabetes,
>> plus a pacemaker which is rapidly approaching the end of its projected
>> life, and as thehospitals were evacuating, I decided to get him out of
>> there while I still could. I had started packing several days ago on
>> the assumption we would fly out, but at 1 a.m. I heard about the canal
>> walls and pumps failing. Woke up dh (he had had 2 hrs sleep, I had
>> about 1/2 hr). We packed for a car trip instead, called a young, fit
>> neighbor and cleaned out fridges and freezers for her to share with the
>> nbhood, unplugged the appliances, turned off the water heater, and were
>> onthe road by 3:30 a.m. Once out of the city, we stayed on U.S. 90
>> instead of trying for the interstate, and there was hardly a car on the
>> road. Very foggy going over the swamps and bayous. I drove until dawn,
>> then we stopped at a truckstop, waited for full daylight, called our
>> friends here before they left for work. They were thrilled we had "come
>> to our senses" and left a key under the mat for us. DH took over the
>> driving. We finally got here in the early afternoon, and I am now