Kiss My Gumbo

This is a participation post – comment away – GO AHEAD – COMMENT!!! Cheers to Direct TV for carrying WDSU during the evacuation. Jeers to all the local stations for barely covering St. Tammany. Cheers to the media for decent coverage. Jeers to the media for obviously being disappointed Gustav wasn’t worse & for hanging [...]

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Must…look away…from the weather – UGH!!! House cleaned, car cleaned, stuff unpacked, pictures back on wall, yard cleaned up, lawn furniture out of garage, hubby and kids home for a solid week (need I say more). People are still returning, areas are still without power, grocery stores are getting stocked up, I bought ice in [...]

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I don’t usually listen to my hubby, why should I start now? Mr. Engineer and I ass-u-me, “dabbling meteorologist” can be added to his resume now, has a little graph going and he has the storm going far due West. He refuses to leave until Sunday when he knows if we should absolutely have to [...]

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Computer models are hard to figure out. The truth is, nobody knows what Gustav will do in the next 48 hours. My family is ready to go if we have to, but we aren’t leaving until we have some more definitive answers. I’ll finish packing today and make a video of our current belongings – [...]

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I have earned some rank for being experienced with military moves. Having a house packed up and ready to go in a couple of week’s time, is not that difficult. It is all temporary stress and nervous energy that keeps you moving to get the job done. Once everything is on the moving truck, many [...]

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Not in panic mode, just in getting ready mode. The last time we evacuated for a hurricane was during Bertha, a couple of hours after I gave birth to my first child (12 years ago). At the time, we were stationed at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. When a base says mandatory evacuations – [...]

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