Katrina Aftermath

Just wanted to let those of you who check this blog know that we are safe and sound. Katrina came through yesterday morning. We were up at 6:00 to begin watching what would happen to New Orleans. At our house we didn't have a lot of devastation. The worst of the winds came through at about 11:00. That's when we lost power. Most everyone else in the area lost it between 6-8am. We were fortunate. At 2:00 it was over and we decided to do a little riding around. There are lots of downed trees and power lines in the Baton Rouge area. Most are still without power today (Tuesday).

I know most of you have probably been watching the news with all of the pictures of New Orleans. It is catastrophic. They are still rescuing people out of their attics. The interstates are closed due to floods and damage. There is no way of knowing how many people have perished. It will be a long few months getting that city back to any sense of normalcy.

Please say a prayer for those in New Orleans. There is no water, no food, no power, no phone. All of the shelters in the New Orleans area are being evacuated. Martial law has been enforced. It really is very similar to the tsunami.

Hurrican Katrina

It's Sunday evening and we have prepared as much as we can before Katrina hits landfall. It's scheduled to hit early in the morning. We'll let you know how we fare and post a few pictures of the aftermath.

Morning Coffee

Just sitting with my coffee and thought I would send a good morning to everyone.

2005

We've been in Louisiana for a year now. It sure doesn't sound like that long. We've been busy at times, bored at others. I am teaching 3rd grade at Live Oak Elementary in Watson. Great school, great people, great students. Cheney is doing a little bit of everything while we are here. Jack of all trades.

The weather has been dramatically different from anything on the west coast. We don't run our heat at all in the winter, but our A/C doesn't stop from February until November. I don't worry about my hair and makeup, because within 10 minutes of being outside, anything that I had fixed, isn't so any more.

We've been attending Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. For those of you in Washington, it's very similar to Highpointe, just larger. We have about 8,000 members right now and are building a new facility.

Shasta getting "Sophie" time with her favorite niece.

Balloon Festival

Cheney and I at the Balloon Fest 2005

Balloon Festival

Cheney and I went to the Balloon Festival in Baton Rouge this August. It was sweltering!! We stayed for about 30 minutes (time to see them launch) and found some A/C nearby.

1st Post

Just trying things out to see how they work.