Yet Another Bloody Hurricane. “Katrina”

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:07:40 -0400 by Bull

I really am getting tired of these storms.

Autumn and Winter can not come soon enough. Oh, Summers are indeed hot down here and there is no Spring to speak of at all. Still, they are not all that bad as long as the A/C is funtional. These storms however, are a pest. A huge, expensive, frightening mess that we could all do without. Pity poor Florida as they can’t seem to get a break. I do hope Pensacola is missed this time. They still have damage from “Ivan” and have been hit several times since!

Latest forecast models show the center of the so-called “cone of probability” places “Katrina” coming ashore near the Mississippi/Louisiana border. Well, for me that is better than Mobile Bay though I don’t wish this storm on anyone. I fear for New Orleans. We made a trip there recently. My first ever visit to that ancient city. Fell in love with it on the spot! I’m certain there was a reason for building where they did, but damn, the city is below sea level! It is kept dry (a relative term I assure you) by a complex collection of pumps, levies, and good fortune. History shows us that cities build in bad spots can not count on permanent good fortune. Do the names of Pompeii and Herculaneum - or even San Francisco - jog your memories of disaster? Sooner or later New Orleans must face disaster. Let us all pray for later!

The serious preparations begin at dawn. Check the generator, buy gas, count out Plylocks (love them) for the window covers, and go over my list of necessary items. We’ll move un-needed things to the shed and move some tools, tarps, boards, and such to the house. No doubt that even if Mobile isn’t evacuated, Dauphin Island will be. Lady Beth has a co-worker that lives on the island. I fully expect that they and their beasties will stay with us until the coast is clear. Literally! Well, the more the merrier! It’s also a help to me as my back is too weak to be of much use should things go bad. See, Homer? I’m trying to be prepared!

If things go bad down here and the power & phone lines are cut, then please look at my dear blog-friend Graumagus’s, Frizzen Sparks, for updates. We’ll stay in touch with him via cell phones so long as the towers stand.

Few places in this country are as full of history and as beautiful as the Gulf Coast. Why not just pray for us all down here? Oh yeah, Pagans pray too!

Omar, out!