Hurricane Katrina

I guess it's time I start talking about it. It's been two weeks now. Two weeks ago tomorrow, my mom, sister and two nephews came to stay in my home because they could not go to theirs. As the days went by we slowly found out that my sisters home on the Seabee base was mostly ok. My mom's apartment, at Arbor Station in Long Beach, is destroyed. Her building is nothing but a slab of concrete now. I haven't had much time on my computer as my sister spent time looking up friends, family and news. With New Orleans getting so much of the coverage on television, the news on Mississippi has pretty much only been available via the web. Thank goodness for that I guess. The few times I get to log on I've been reading the same things. The Sun Herald website, the Dancing With Katrina blog, Yahoo photos, Gulf Coast News(yeah yeah, links to come later). Anything to find out what is going on there.

I will write more later. I am devestated to learn news of places I had just been to a few months ago. Sharkheads gift shop. The Hurricane Camille Memorial in Biloxi. Treasure Bay Casino. Old Biloxi Cemetery and Pass Christian's Live Oak Cemetery. Not to mention what I see of my beloved New Orleans. I do love that place, though I'd rather be seeing more news about Mississippi. I guess no news is good news. The folks in Miss are not pointing fingers, whining or complaining and are basically taking care of themselves and already cleaning up and getting ready to rebuild. I long to go back there now.

More to come later, including photos that my sister took the day after the storm and any she takes when she goes back home.