I can breathe. We've gotten word that Mom is safe, in a dry home, with a generator. Praise God! The last 24 hours has been very hard....not knowing, not hearing, only seeing photos online of the devastation. Grandma is accounted for as well. We've heard from all of my family members in that area, so hopefully I will get some sleep now.
What a nightmare this whole thing is. Keep praying!
31 August 2005
Kiln, MS
Still no word from Mom. I found a small clip on MSNBC of aerial footage of Bay St. Louis, MS which is a town just a few miles from Mom. It's completely wiped out. It's where I attended jr. high and high school. Gone! The reporter said that the eye of the storm passed directly over Bay St. Louis. My mom lives just a few minutes north of this town in a place called Kiln, MS. I did a Google search to see if ANY info came up and found this quote from Brett Favre (of the Green Bay Packers), whose hometown is Kiln, MS. It wasn't good news, but at least it was news. I'll take what I can get.
"Earlier telephone calls from relatives informed Favre that several trees near his mother's house had been flattened by winds and that police were stopping attempts to visit the area some 50 miles from her home with indications it might be weeks before people were allowed into the area.
"I hope they are OK but with each minute that passes I worry," Favre said. "I would hope they could get to a phone but I know there are other issues. Everywhere is flooded. They don't have electricity. It's 100 degrees."
"In my gut I feel they are OK but in my mind I begin to wonder.".
My sister, Michel, will be making her way from Baton Rouge in that direction tomorrow or the next day. We've heard from the sheriff's dept that the roads are impassable in "the Kiln". But she will do what she can to get there in the next couple of days.
"Earlier telephone calls from relatives informed Favre that several trees near his mother's house had been flattened by winds and that police were stopping attempts to visit the area some 50 miles from her home with indications it might be weeks before people were allowed into the area.
"I hope they are OK but with each minute that passes I worry," Favre said. "I would hope they could get to a phone but I know there are other issues. Everywhere is flooded. They don't have electricity. It's 100 degrees."
"In my gut I feel they are OK but in my mind I begin to wonder.".
My sister, Michel, will be making her way from Baton Rouge in that direction tomorrow or the next day. We've heard from the sheriff's dept that the roads are impassable in "the Kiln". But she will do what she can to get there in the next couple of days.
30 August 2005
Katrina
It's a strange thing to see your hometown on the news being ripped apart and drowned from a catastrophic hurricane. Being in California, I feel so helpless to do anything. But I've been praying hard.
My mother, Germaine, lives on the southern coast of Mississippi. She and her husband, Dan, drove north to Vicksburg to try to evacuate but couldn't find a vacancy in a hotel, so drove back home. Nobody has heard from her yet. The eye of the storm would have passed almost directly over her home. I'm choosing to believe that she is just unable to make contact with anyone due to lack of electricity and phone lines. But it's really, really hard to not know if she's OK. My grandmother, Vera, is also unaccounted for. She is in a nursing home in the same area as my mom.
My sister, Michel, evacuated with her family from New Orleans to Shreveport and they are all fine. They've been told that their home is OK as well.
My other sister, Jeane, lives in Memphis and went through the weakened storm last night and lost electricity but that's all.
Friends in Baton Rouge are all accounted for, praise God!
Prayers for my mom and grandma would be very much appreciated! Will try to keep you updated on this blog.
My mother, Germaine, lives on the southern coast of Mississippi. She and her husband, Dan, drove north to Vicksburg to try to evacuate but couldn't find a vacancy in a hotel, so drove back home. Nobody has heard from her yet. The eye of the storm would have passed almost directly over her home. I'm choosing to believe that she is just unable to make contact with anyone due to lack of electricity and phone lines. But it's really, really hard to not know if she's OK. My grandmother, Vera, is also unaccounted for. She is in a nursing home in the same area as my mom.
My sister, Michel, evacuated with her family from New Orleans to Shreveport and they are all fine. They've been told that their home is OK as well.
My other sister, Jeane, lives in Memphis and went through the weakened storm last night and lost electricity but that's all.
Friends in Baton Rouge are all accounted for, praise God!
Prayers for my mom and grandma would be very much appreciated! Will try to keep you updated on this blog.
09 August 2005
New Post
Annie said that I needed to create a new post. Since I'm not real sure of what I'm doing with the blog anyway, I decided I should do as I'm told.
So, here's my new post....
Update on doggy - I named him George. Why? Because he is a George. If you ever have the pleasure of meeting him in person, you will probably agree with me. Although Annie has just been calling him "black dog" and Jake's still calling him "stupidhead".
Condo purchasing - Whoda thunk that I would even consider purchasing a condo in Orange County? It's not cheap, ya know. Apparently, the lender looks at 3 things when they lend you money... your credit, your income and a down payment. I don't have any of those. Let's see what kind of miracle needs to happen for anyone to lend me hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So, here's my new post....
Update on doggy - I named him George. Why? Because he is a George. If you ever have the pleasure of meeting him in person, you will probably agree with me. Although Annie has just been calling him "black dog" and Jake's still calling him "stupidhead".
Condo purchasing - Whoda thunk that I would even consider purchasing a condo in Orange County? It's not cheap, ya know. Apparently, the lender looks at 3 things when they lend you money... your credit, your income and a down payment. I don't have any of those. Let's see what kind of miracle needs to happen for anyone to lend me hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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