Just spoke with my Aunt Linda and the effects of Katrina are worse than I expected. My Dad’s entire side of the family lives in Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans. The good news is that everyone is safe (they wasted no time leaving the area on Saturday). Unfortunately, there’s much more bad news. My aunt’s house is flooded to the second floor and everyone else’s homes (five in all) are under six to ten feet of water. That includes my cousin and her husband’s house, whose dance studio was leveled by a tornado Sunday night. To put Katrina’s damage in perspective: none of my relatives had a drop of water in their house from Hurricane Betsy in 1965 or Hurricane Camille in 1969. They’re life-long residents of the area so I’m sure they’ll re-build or do whatever they can to get things back to normal, however long that takes (months, at least).
I feel absolutely awful for my relatives. That said I’m just thankful that everyone is alive, as other families weren’t so lucky.
Read more about Katrina’s impacts from NOLA.com.
Have a nice day
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey’s Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey’s Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.