Bless The Quiet
It has been a quiet day in the home of the gracious people who have once again taken my family and me into their home after evacuating ours, south of New Orleans. Quiet is exactly what I need right now.
And get this...I was home alone for two days before we evacuated and overnight I have developed "pink-eye." My right eye is almost swollen shut. Go figure....
A Very Difficult Thing To Explain
It is difficult to explain. The turmoil inside me has absolutelly nothing with any fear of losing my home or health to the approaching storm. It has nothing to do with any concern that we have not moved far enough away from the storms eventual point of landfall. The turmoil that has been awakened within me is not new. While I experienced it many times before, during, and after Katrina....it was there before Katrina was even a breeze....long before.
Taking the risk of being over-dramatic, the feelings with which I struggle seems to be exestential in nature. For me, if I had no one else's feelings to consider or care for, it would have been very easy.....and I know this sounds crazy after the images we all saw in the days following Katrina...but it would have been very easy me to stay put in my home and let whatever was to happen just take me along for the ride.
Please...Don't Misunderstand
No...that is not to say I want to tempt fate or take some type of macho "riding out the storm" thing. As simply as I can put it...the thought of preparing, packing, evacuating left me with a feeling that would translate into the thought of "I don't really care enough about the outcome to scale the mountain that stands before me.
Perhaps some will understand, many will not. Thanks for reading either way.
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Comments: 24
One never knows about the upper right quadrant...especially as the overall size of the storm increases. From TV I've seen the eye is not yet across Cuba and the feeder bands are almost reaching you guys. I don't think the eye will move that way. I'm sorry, but I think the feeder bands will still be around the FL panhandle on Monday...but I'm certainly not a meteorologist.
By the way, about 5 minutes ago The Weather Channel reported that major flooding should be expected on the Westbank of New Orleans. That would be us...s
Thank you Gale!
Sorry so long in responding, but it hasn't been the greatest day as far as little difficulties that continue cropping up. I'm sorry if you didn't make your flight...but you now have a story that will last forever, to recount to the grand-chillins. I am going to try to post another entry soon.
He made jokes one time about being on a roof with a case of beer but he was going through some stuff and i'm sure i dont really understand it myself but i do understand something bad happenin to someone. Well not as may as bad things thats happend to him but all i can tell him is Dave i'm praying for you. He dosent believe in God so he says why would you do something like that.
I asked him many times why did he stay and he said he had a Hurrican party thats a joke because he dosen't party.
Penny: Things got a little hairy in BR, but nothing major. Thanks for asking.
Cathi: Thanks for checking in. I made it back yesterday afternoon, but didn't get power until later.