According to that google map, my house may have escaped flooding. Houses near me did, apparently.
And now for the bad news - my grandmother had a stroke last night. She's in ICU and the dorctors are asking what kind of religious observances she'd like, so it doesn't sound good. I guess it's good that I'm on my way there, but I feel really bad for my mom. Grandma's 85 and has a variety of health problems that she just barely manages to keep from overwhelming her, I guess one of them got the upper hand.
Oh, -t. I'm sorry. You already have too much to deal with.
Dammit, I should do some work today...
But here's a lead paragraph to a news story I never thought I'd read about an American city:
NEW ORLEANS - An explosion jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over the city where corpses rotted along sidewalks and thousands remained stranded — crying for food, water and a way to evacuate.
Oh, no, -t. Where is she?
- t, my thoughts are with you and your family. I am glad that you are safe and on your way to them.
-t, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother.
-t and Heather, my prayers are with you.
Thanks everyone for the kind words yesterday; I passed them on to Bob Bob and he thanks you too. Papa Bob Bob seems out of the woods (he had a small heart attack during surgery, but this may have been a blessing in disguise).
Agree that the emergency response and the response to the response has been maddeningly inadequate. But I'm going gray today to get work done.
President Bush said on GMA last night that other countries have offered, but the country could deal with this by themselves.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
Yes, god forbid we do something about the giant clusterfuck this has turned into that makes 'Murica look like they need help from another country.
I'm also glad I still have enough sense of irony to appreciate it if an act of God was what finally did this adminstration and their neo-con cronies in. The press seems to smell blood in the water, finally. It's a tragedy it took real blood in the water, though.
