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Sunday, September 28th, 2008From Two Weeks After Ike, More Than 400 Are Still Missing, in today’s Houston Chronicle:
Gail Ettenger made her last phone call at 10:10 p.m. She was trapped in her Bolivar Peninsula bungalow with her Great Dane, Reba. A drowning cat cried outside. Her Jeep bobbed in the seawater surging around her home.
Ettenger, 58, told her [...]
Should People Be Reimbursed for the Cost of Evacuating?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008I was watching the news after the evacuation for Gustav. They did a story on the evacuation and how hard it was on people. They took a news crew out to interview various people and they asked them if they thought the government should reimburse people for the cost of evacuating. Astoundingly, [...]
Discover Card’s Idea of “Hurricane Relief”
Thursday, September 18th, 2008I just received this email from Discover Card:
Subject: Hurricane Relief Information
I’m very sorry to hear about the recent disaster that affected your community. Please know that Discover Card is here to help you through this difficult time.
We can assist you with locating ATMs, issue emergency PINs to access cash, and provide additional/replacement cards for immediate [...]
I’m a Wandering Evacuee
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008My evacuation route reminds me of The Family Circus cartoons of Jeffy running all over the place when his mom sends him on an errand.
The kids and I decided to take a trip up to Kansas to visit family. We were originally going to go to Kansas this weekend anyway for my [...]
It’s Hard to Blog With Ike in the Gulf
Thursday, September 11th, 2008So far we’re not planning to evacuate. Why? Because it would be horrible to try to evacuate with the Houston area evacuating too. That’s what happened with Rita.
This Is My LEAST Favorite Time of Year!
Friday, August 29th, 2008Here’s why:
That’s the projected path of Gustav. You can click here to see an updated graphic.
FYI – I realize I’m not the only one impacted by hurricanes. I inserted the red dot with the word “Me” next to it in order to give you a frame of reference as to how close my [...]
I Might Be Bloggin’ In The Rain Tomorrow!
Monday, August 4th, 2008Fun, fun, fun. I also found out that my daughter’s daycare will be closed tomorrow. Maybe I’ll let her do a guest post.
Source: National Hurricane Center (a daily visit for me during the summer months!)
Wal-Mart To The Rescue!
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008A lot of people love to bash big box retailers in general and Wal-Mart in particular for being too-powerful, uncaring, corporate dictators who revel in doing as little good as possible and sqashing everyone in their path in their quest for world domination and incalculable profits.
I don’t want to turn this into a [...]
We Were Hit By a Hurricane!
Thursday, September 13th, 2007It was a small hurricane (category 1), but a hurricane nonetheless.
It was a tropical storm last night when I went to bed but it strengthened to a hurricane before it made landfall. They say 75,000 or more homes are without power (our house is fine so far).
Ah the joys of living 40 miles from [...]
Not AGAIN!…
Friday, August 25th, 2006I know Wednesday is still a long way off, but I can’t help but be concerned about Ernesto. Right now it appears to be heading right towards my area. All the sudden I’m having horrible flashbacks of last year! Any of you remember when I posted this? It’s hard to [...]
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