This past week has been a news junkies dream. First it started with following the weather channel, and I got the scoop from the guys and gals who seem to be idiots enjoying the big wind storms from Hurricane Katrina, then when they were washed away or headed to higher ground we shook our heads at the storm chasers were getting their adrenaline rush. Then the evacuation orders were put out, I am amazed that they were still trying to run hospitals in this storm I cannot understand why they did not shut that down and head for higher ground, or evacuate the ones that were there. Hubby was understanding and we came home for a few things over the weekend and I got my news fix over the weekend and I think we all breathed a collective sigh of relief when more troops arrived.
It was such a good feeling to see the air lift rescues in operation, and I thought of the navy ship my cousin was on and he said his job was to move the supplies and it gives me a picture of some of the type of things he did when the war first started. It was fascinating to see the sand bags go in the dike, and the dump trucks hauling the fill into plug up the holes in the dike, the back hoe propelling it self with the scoop arm along the water was absolutely amazing.
Some of the questions I’ve had seem to be the ones asked on the news by casters on their shows, like why did the school busses not take people out? It’s kind of too little too late now but we all need to learn from this. What I’ve learned is to have five days food and water meds etc. not three days in case of emergency like the weather channel suggests.
My folks used to have a bomb shelter area in the basement when I was a kid, canned foods, and cases of things we could use in case of emergency. Some of this makes sense to me in a whole new way now. There were times I thought that they were nuts. But I for one will be stocking the camper this week with a new supply of foods like soup the is ready to eat chili, a non electric hand operated can opener, and case of water, we can fill the water tank in the camper, the propane is full and even if the hot water tank does not heat unless we have electricity we can heat water on the stove. I’m glad we bought a house up on the hill away from the dikes in our area in case the dam brakes up river. Looking forward to camping season here.
I found blogs Gretawire and Rick’srambles on the fox news blog and have been following those a bit too. The situation room was good too. Now another hurricane Nate and Ophelia are in the gulf brewing up even more excitement as I type this up.
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