Ohhh Gustav.....

Gustav, doesn't that sound like a name for someone that you have a hot time with somewhere abroad, maybe somewhere exotic? Well, not for me, its the next in a long line of headaches! Gustav is rumbling out there in the tropics, and seems to have his eye set on the gulf coast. The exact path is too soon to tell, but no matter where it hits, its gonna be disaster! Do I have to remind you of Katrina, and Rita? I was here through both. I watched some of the evacuees come through from Katrina, visibly shaken, some not knowing if they would still have a home, and family to go home to. Then a short time later seeing Rita roar through Texas! I remember all of us on moms porch, and hearing a low rumble start up like a long lonesome train, and then my husband yelling for me to take the baby and get in the closet, because the rumble was an approaching tornado. The winds were so strong, we watched the neighbors pine trees twisting and breaking of and lamming to the ground! I remember after the worst had past, Mikey and I started out to yellowpine to see if my dad made it through the storm. We had to drive and walk across downed power lines, and that in itself was scary enough. We had to cut trees out of the roads , and cross rushing water. Then the next week, we had no lights, or running water. The heat and humidity were unbearable! Luckily, I had prepared so we got by until the fema trucks got here with ice and water and mre meals. There were people everywhere, most of us at night slept outside hopeful for a cool breeze, I spent a few on a porch swing. We even had to wait hours in line just to buy $20 worth of Gasoline. Needless to say, this is not something we want to experience again. Lets all pray Gustav stalls out somewhere in the gulf!