Like watching a car accident...
So unless you have been under a rock for the past day or so, you know that there is a humongous hurricane getting ready to smack the gulf coast, mainly louisiana.
I've been watching coverage on CNN and the Weather Channel all day and it's like watching a bad car accident. This huge storm is getting ready to wipe out New Orleans. People have to leave their houses and belongings without knowing if anything will be there when they return, if they can return. It has made me think a bit about how I would feel if I was there. Honestly, what would it feel like to take what I could, get in my car, and drive to no place in particular knowing that my life is about to change unalterably. As of tomorrow, these people will have no homes, no jobs, no way of making a living to repair their lives. People could die because of the water and wind. People on tv are saying that the hurricane will bury New Orleans in 20 feet of water. 20 feet!! Then there will be a storm surge of 25-30 feet on top of that. It could take 90 days for the water to recede. Months to get electricity back. 6-10 months to rebuild New Orleans. All from one giant storm.
This week has been very busy for me. I was almost going to come on and bitch about all the "problems" in my life. i.e. school is starting and my classroom isn't ready, my caseload for my students may change on tuesday, i can't stand the special ed director, we've had to move my grandmother this week, i have to wake up at 6:45 tomorrow, blah blah blah. But since watching coverage on what people expect to happen after this hurricane hits, those are not problems at all. At least I know that when I wake up tomorrow in my warm bed, air conditioned house, I will have a job to go to, a house to live in.
You know, I always see stories about people in other countries in areas of devastation. This devastation though is happening as we speak to people in our country. People that many know. A friend of my sister's is a lawyer in new orleans, kate has family there.
I don't know why but this situation has really hit home with me today. I feel horrible for the people down there and I wonder what is going to happen to them. Where will they go? What will they do? How will they rebuild their entire lives? I can't imagine having to sit and wait for something like that to happen to me without being able to do anything to stop it.
I would just like to offer my prayers out to those people and ask everyone to pray for them. There really is nothing else that people can do now...
I've been watching coverage on CNN and the Weather Channel all day and it's like watching a bad car accident. This huge storm is getting ready to wipe out New Orleans. People have to leave their houses and belongings without knowing if anything will be there when they return, if they can return. It has made me think a bit about how I would feel if I was there. Honestly, what would it feel like to take what I could, get in my car, and drive to no place in particular knowing that my life is about to change unalterably. As of tomorrow, these people will have no homes, no jobs, no way of making a living to repair their lives. People could die because of the water and wind. People on tv are saying that the hurricane will bury New Orleans in 20 feet of water. 20 feet!! Then there will be a storm surge of 25-30 feet on top of that. It could take 90 days for the water to recede. Months to get electricity back. 6-10 months to rebuild New Orleans. All from one giant storm.
This week has been very busy for me. I was almost going to come on and bitch about all the "problems" in my life. i.e. school is starting and my classroom isn't ready, my caseload for my students may change on tuesday, i can't stand the special ed director, we've had to move my grandmother this week, i have to wake up at 6:45 tomorrow, blah blah blah. But since watching coverage on what people expect to happen after this hurricane hits, those are not problems at all. At least I know that when I wake up tomorrow in my warm bed, air conditioned house, I will have a job to go to, a house to live in.
You know, I always see stories about people in other countries in areas of devastation. This devastation though is happening as we speak to people in our country. People that many know. A friend of my sister's is a lawyer in new orleans, kate has family there.
I don't know why but this situation has really hit home with me today. I feel horrible for the people down there and I wonder what is going to happen to them. Where will they go? What will they do? How will they rebuild their entire lives? I can't imagine having to sit and wait for something like that to happen to me without being able to do anything to stop it.
I would just like to offer my prayers out to those people and ask everyone to pray for them. There really is nothing else that people can do now...