I want to say to all my friends and family reading along here that I am so grateful for your well wishes, emails, blog comments, phone calls, and offers of help. Your support really means a lot to us. We may not have a home to go to right now, but at least we have a place to be safe warm and comfortable in the mean time. And right now we are just so glad that we listened to the warnings and fled the area.
It's getting really late, and I should go to bed and stop obsessing over the horrors that are all completely out of my control. Somehow sharing it all in this blog has helped a lot. I feel like you all are with me while we wait to see what our fate is.
Our three little darlings are sacked out on the living room right now, all sound asleep. They are all safe and sound, and that's all I need for now I guess. Good night.
5 comments:
Hang in there Laurel. We are here for you and your family. If you need a place to stay, come towards Chicago. There is a HUGE popcorn fest. next weekend, and the Greek fest this weekend. We can take you to help you have some time without thinking.
What do you need? Let us know. B~
La,
I am in tears from your devastating and even hilarious look at your current life (Barbies being carried to higher ground and farting dogs!!)...you really have a way with words, girl! I hope that sense of humor and positive attitude sticks with you til the end of this he$$!!! Good luck and keep us posted...we can help any way we can, you know that! Just ask...glad you are all safe and together - can't beat a mandatory stay with the family for a TWD, huh!?
Love, ya, Barri from TWD loop
Here are some links and quotes. I don't know if they'll help or if you've already seen them ... but just passing them along.
Becky/TWD
http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0300nationalnews/tm_objectid=15916287&method=full&siteid=50020&headline=hurricane-death-toll-rises-name_page.html
Ben Morris, Mayor of Slidell in Louisiana, said the town had no electricity or food and that it would be months before anyone could return.
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=225544&source=r_health
Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it was evacuating its 317-bed Memorial Medical Center and 187-bed Lindy Boggs Medical Center in New Orleans. The company's 203-bed Kenner Regional Medical Center in Kenner, 207-bed Meadowcrest Hospital in Gretna, and 174-bed NorthShore Regional Medical Center in Slidell remained open with back-up power but also suffered water and wind damage.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050831/1073778.asp
This one has a photo of a boat tossed onto a house in Slidell.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-0508310221aug31,1,2032728.story
http://www.pulsejournal.com/news/content/shared/news/nation/stories/08/31KATRINA_SLIDELL.html
Some trees made direct hits on houses. A new two-story residence just north of Fremaux Street was riven nearly in two by a giant pine that crashed diagonally across the front porch, tearing out the second-floor wall next to a dormer, leaving a confusion of splintered wood, puffy yellow insulation and shiny air conditioning ducts.
"We estimate 80 percent of the homes in Slidell were flooded," said Capt. Rob Callahan of the Slidell Police Department. "They've been warning us for years about the 'Big One,' and I guess we thought we were invincible. We were in the cross hairs of this one, ground zero, and it was unbelievable."
As of Tuesday, police had found no bodies, although they heard reports of bodies floating and even tied to trees near the lake. Rescue teams plucked more than 100 people from rooftops on Monday, and were continuing the tedious work Tuesday.
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?ei=UTF-8&va=hurricane+katrina+slidell&va_vt=any&datesort=1&smonth=8&sday=1&emonth=8&eday=31&fl=0&n=10&c=news_photos
Link to photos of Slidell
Here are some more links.
Becky/TWD
http://www.tracypress.com/local/2005-08-31-grandmother.php
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/nation/12521501.htm?source=rss&channel=mercurynews_nation
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0508310178aug31,1,7295140.story
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13929002
http://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=45108&r=1
Laurel,
You and your family are in my prayers. Keep strong and keep your faith. These are horrible times for so many people and I feel helpless. Please let us know if there is anything I/we can do!!!
Keep us posted...we'll keep praying..
Kathy Virden (twd loop)
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