Hurricane Katrina

[Guest guest]

We have survived yet another hurricane here, but this was a weird one! We did

not lose

power, but most people in our area did and are still out of power almost 24

hours later (more

than 1 million people do not have power now). However, our phones are not

working

(neither land line nor cell phones). Since I did not lose power, I still have

cable, hence the

ability to communicate via email/internet (the only source of communication I

have right

now!). We did not have damage to our house. My next door neighbor, however,

had 5 large

trees down, once of which was blocking their front door. There is horrible

flooding south of

my house, but not so bad right here. Also, an overpass on an expressway

collapsed not too

far from my house (1600 tons of concrete), but luckily there were no cars around

when it

happened. We have more than 1500 traffic lights out & over 200 power lines

down. Hard to

believe this was only a category 1 hurricane! This one took everyone by

surprise, because it

came so quickly & nobody did much preparation, thinking that a category 1

hurricane could

cause so much damage. Also, typically when hurricanes hit land, wind speed

decreases. This

was not the case this time around & with a slow moving hurricane without

decreasing wind

speed, it caused a lot of damage! Sorry to ramble, but I am bored out of my

mind stuck in

the house (still having squalls on & off).

Kim C.