Monday, September 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav Update

I just got off the phone with mom and she says everyone is fine. Grandma Toy, Randolph, Caroline, Mike, Molly, and mom are all together and safe. A tree in a neighbor's yard fell over onto their RV and van, but thankfully spared their house. Other trees around the area have fallen, blocking streets and damaging property. And of course the power is out and probably will be for a good while. Right now they are just sitting in the dark, talking and occasionally listening to the radio, waiting for bedtime.

Orleans Parish and some of the parishes surrounding it are closed off at least until Wednesday. Governor Jindal is waiting until the experts say it is safe before they will let people back in. Even then, it will be on a tiered basis since 2 million people were evacuated. Molly won't start classes until next week at the earliest and I'm sure Caroline and Mike's jobs are closed for at least a few days. Thankfully it looks like the levees in New Orleans are holding and the city has managed to avoid another major disaster. However, some other areas of Louisiana were pretty badly hit and it will be a mess for some time.

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