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Hard to think about anything except the hurricane. Although it's not the worst hurricane ever, it's huge and horribly powerful. I can't imagine 20 foot waves on top of a 20 foot surge.
It's hard to be thankful about anything that happens--I love Biloxi, too, and remember the huge destruction after Camille. This will probably be even worse. I am hoping so much that everyone down there will survive this OK, and that the coast and the towns won't be too destroyed.
And yet the possibility that New Orleans would be destroyed was so overwhelmingly scary that I'm glad (how can you be glad?) the storm seems to be going a little east, and truly, many more people would have been killed if the worst part had hit NO. Of course we still don't know if the levees will hold the lake.
New Orleans gives something to our concept of ourselves as a country that would be hideously unthinkable to lose. Not just music and food, but a sense of being free to have fun mixed with the danger and mystery of the past. I never had a bad time in New Orleans (though I have had some hangovers), never went to bed early, never ate bad food, never got bored or lonely. But it's the idea of New Orleans, the dark side that glitters, that we love.
Let the good times roll, forever.
It's hard to be thankful about anything that happens--I love Biloxi, too, and remember the huge destruction after Camille. This will probably be even worse. I am hoping so much that everyone down there will survive this OK, and that the coast and the towns won't be too destroyed.
And yet the possibility that New Orleans would be destroyed was so overwhelmingly scary that I'm glad (how can you be glad?) the storm seems to be going a little east, and truly, many more people would have been killed if the worst part had hit NO. Of course we still don't know if the levees will hold the lake.
New Orleans gives something to our concept of ourselves as a country that would be hideously unthinkable to lose. Not just music and food, but a sense of being free to have fun mixed with the danger and mystery of the past. I never had a bad time in New Orleans (though I have had some hangovers), never went to bed early, never ate bad food, never got bored or lonely. But it's the idea of New Orleans, the dark side that glitters, that we love.
Let the good times roll, forever.
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It is also funny how being move on the Internet has made me more aware... I think lately I've been paying more attention, knowing more people in different places. The good memories and appreciation are sort of a nice side of this, and also one of my friends had a storm prompted post yesterday about her appreciation of knowing those people. I feel the same.
I do wish we got more of the good along with the disasters. My online had a header that reminded me of a scary sci-fi novel of a year ago.. along the lines of worst distaster ever.. millions lose their lievs and homes.. tune into the live cam here!
But I would much rather be aware than not, all things being said.
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But the internet definitely makes the rest of the world real--the London bombings, for example, with all our English friends.
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I didn't mean that as a negative about all the people that are concerned btw. One of the things I think about quite a bit is trying to balance the long term concerns against immediate crises. This was on my mind around some other more political issues, and then also working in health care, I'm always thinking about that.
And as someone else pointed out, we are lucky in a sense, because with the internet and better communications we are able to be aware and also get news of loved ones quicker. I do definitely think that real aspect is a net good one.