My cousin, who is near Biloxi, is back at work and living with friends. His apartment was trashed by Katrina, but most of his stuff survived thanks to some heavy plastic sheeting he had the presence of mind to use.
I'm wondering where Hurricane Rita will wind up. Hopefully not any of the areas already hit by Katrina, although it looks like it's heading towards Galveston/Houston, so towards where a lot of evacuees are living right now. That's the last thing these people need.
So glad at the moment that I don't live near the beach, although I must say that 9/10 of the time it's probably pure heaven. Here in Kentucky our main potential disasters are: flooding (lots of streams and ridges), tornadoes, ice storms (probably our most widespread possibility), earthquake (we have the New Madrid fault to worry about, but it's rare and I don't think Lexington is in the main zone for major damage) and chemical release (we have a weapons depot in the area, so people are urged to 'Know Your Zone'). In other words, no destruction of biblical proportion is likely. I think in most of the end-of-the-world scenarios (which of course, aren't end of the world, just end of people) we're still on enough high ground that the sea won't take us over. Just in case you were wondering. (Hey, I read those roleplaying game scenarios of doom, doesn't everybody?)
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