Today’s post is a bit off subject but we all need to think about what happened this last week-end.
Do you ever stop and just listen to the daily news headlines…..horrific train crash in Los Angeles…Hurricane Ike pounding the Gulf Coast and forcing millions of people out of their homes.
Hurricane Ike really hit home with my family…my Mother-in-law lives just outside of Galveston, Texas which took a direct hit. It will still be several days before she is allowed back into her town to see if she still has a house standing or if, at the age of 77 years, she will have to start all over. My wife hopes that her childhood home is still intact and has weathered another storm.
She remembers Hurricane Carla…she was a small child and but can still remember the devastation that hit her small town. Water was over 4-1/2 feet tall throughout her family home…nothing was salvagable except for 2 marble slabs that were tops to her Mom’s favorite coffee tables. Today, over 30 years have passed, and she still has one of those marble slabs!
My heart goes out to all of those along the Gulf Coast who have been displaced by the storm. Our Government learned from Katrina and is in place ready to help. And those of us who do not live in Hurricane-proned areas can help by donating to the Red Cross. Visit www.redcross.org to help Hurricane Ike victims.
I wish the Gulf Coast a speedy recovery!!
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