The Life of a Foolish Mortal

Finally some hopeful news. The Big Easy bar that has never closed even now

I'm now remembering why I loved New Orleans when I saw it. They may have some tough times but can and will live on. My kind of people.

In no way to be taken as an unbiased report. I'm not some soul in Louisiana watching everything I have underwater or some even braver soul there helping them. I'm nowhere near the areas, I'm in Texas, living in a suburb outside of Houston. I can only say what I see around here, which is alot more hopeful but still sad.

There is a large influx of people from Louisiana here, there were some before Katrina hit but there's alot more of them now. We're right off the interstate highway so we're geting alot here.

My mom is frantically running between two different churches sorting clothes, collecting supplies and other such necessities. She is in a solid blue funk that whatever she's doing is not enough, that she could do more, give more,help more....I feel I'm going to have to use some of my stronger pain meds left over from my surgery to get her to sleep at this rate.

Local people and businesses have gone above and beyond to help raise money and supplies for them.

The local Buzz radio station djs have stayed up for about two days now running a 'request-a-thon' where if you donate money they'll play anything you want on the radio. Last I heard they were over 500 thousand dollars.

Many restaraunts, chain and local have distributed food and food vouchers to many of the displaced.

Tomball area has been awesome, I've been told they're finding actual housing for whoever they can and enrolling the children in the local schools, doing whatever they can to give the people some sembalence of normalacy. I'm forced to admit even my estranged church home is doing quite alot of good.

I visited New Orleans once a few years ago. I loved that town, it was full of character, life and history. I'm very saddened to see it and the area suffer so much. Here's hoping that this too shall pass and that life will go on.