Hey folks.
For those of you who were wondering my wife and I made it through the storm just fine.
We live northwest of New Orleans and the storm didn't damage our town very much. We are however without electricity, and the last we heard from the power company rep on the local radio station we won't have power for 2-6 weeks.
We packed up the car and headed to my mom's house in Central Florida.
Of course we couldn't take I-10, it's not there anymore, so we headed north to Jackson, MS and then took I-20 east until we got to I-75.
The amount of evacuees is insane, we couldn't find a hotel room until we got to Georgia. There were long ass lines at the gas pumps and the price was higher every time we stopped to fill up. (There was some serious "gouging" going on in Georgia as well)
Anyways, we're all safe and sound at my mother's house and I brought the computer with me so I can get back to work. We're just thankful for two things, 1) That our home wasn't destroyed or damaged in the storm, and 2) That we're not dependent on the local economy to make a living.
I can only imagine how hard it's going to be for the 1.7 million people that have no job to go to because their place of employment was destroyed.....and alot of people can't go back to what's left of their homes for several months. They have to live in hotels (if they were lucky enough to find a room) and don't have any money coming in to pay for essentials. I really feel for those people and feel really lucky that I'm in the position I'm in.
Anyways, if I have outstanding business with you it may be awhile before I can get to it, I hope that given the situation you'll understand.
For those of you who were wondering my wife and I made it through the storm just fine.
We live northwest of New Orleans and the storm didn't damage our town very much. We are however without electricity, and the last we heard from the power company rep on the local radio station we won't have power for 2-6 weeks.
We packed up the car and headed to my mom's house in Central Florida.
Of course we couldn't take I-10, it's not there anymore, so we headed north to Jackson, MS and then took I-20 east until we got to I-75.
The amount of evacuees is insane, we couldn't find a hotel room until we got to Georgia. There were long ass lines at the gas pumps and the price was higher every time we stopped to fill up. (There was some serious "gouging" going on in Georgia as well)
Anyways, we're all safe and sound at my mother's house and I brought the computer with me so I can get back to work. We're just thankful for two things, 1) That our home wasn't destroyed or damaged in the storm, and 2) That we're not dependent on the local economy to make a living.
I can only imagine how hard it's going to be for the 1.7 million people that have no job to go to because their place of employment was destroyed.....and alot of people can't go back to what's left of their homes for several months. They have to live in hotels (if they were lucky enough to find a room) and don't have any money coming in to pay for essentials. I really feel for those people and feel really lucky that I'm in the position I'm in.
Anyways, if I have outstanding business with you it may be awhile before I can get to it, I hope that given the situation you'll understand.
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