Comments | crosslet: Dodging the bullet

crosslet

Dodging the bullet

Aug 29, 2005 15:45

My mother lives just outside of Lafayette, LA and they appear to have missed most of the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The family appears to all be safe. We have friends west of the city in Luling that we haven't heard from yet. I assume M and K weren't silly enough to ride it out. My sister lives in New Orleans (Metairie actually). She told ( Read more... )

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crosslet August 29 2005, 20:21:42 UTC

Yankees Suck, Go Red Soxs. :)

I can only imagine how unpleasant its going to be. East NO has been hit pretty bad and its the very low income area. My sister and her husband very looking at houses to buy. I'm glad they hadn't bought anything yet.

rising_moon August 29 2005, 20:55:58 UTC

Thank you for offering updates as they go. I'm glad your family is safe.

scherzoid August 29 2005, 22:41:42 UTC

I'm glad your family is safe -- mine is as well. St. Charles Parish was under a mandatory evacuation order (my mom's family is from Des Allemands, and has family scattered all over the parish), so your friends from Luling are hopefully far away.

And you forgot something in your vision. Fire ants. Millions of them. *shudder*