Another one?

Three years ago, we were on our way to vacation in England while my family was on their way to hotels in MS to evacuate Katrina. Planned travel vs. forced travel. Ugh. My mom told me to go. What can you do if you stay behind? she said. So we left. When we got to Raleigh, NC, we saw the news of the flooding in nola. I could only reach one of my brothers who evacuated to my in-laws' house. We couldn't reach the rest of my family. Not my mom and two oldest brothers and their families who were in MS and not my brother who stayed in nola with his job. It was terribly frightening because the news was so crazy that we couldn't piece together how bad things were in nola. I know people at the airport thought I was crazy. I couldn't stop crying. God Bless Lisa, a flight attendant on the plane who took pity on us and made sure we were as comfortable as possible.

It took us a few days to reach our family and we felt so much better when we knew they were all safe and their houses were mostly okay. But the hurricane damage was on the cover of the papers in England and Scotland for almost the entire two weeks we were there. It was surreal to experience this natural disaster in another country.

Three years later, my family is planning another evacuation. Katrina wasn't worse case scenario, as crazy as it sounds. What will Gustav do?

We already have a blog?

L tells me that we already have a blog on our website. I don't know how to blog so how am I supposed to work it? I need something ready-made, like blogging for dummies. Let me give this a try and see if it works.

Testing, 1, 2, 3.

Hello, Cleveland!