Some good does come

Hurricane Katrina has driven strangers, friends, friends of friends, and family from their homes (picture).
They left in droves this past weekend and have no idea what they'll return to.

I saw this quote about those residents that decided t stay behind:

"I'm expecting that some people who are die-hards will die hard," parish council President Aaron Broussard said.

Reports this morning say that the "second worst storm in US history" is weakening quickly but that doesn't mean a whole lot. We spent last week looking at the destruction in South Florida when Katrina was a category one storm. The same storm hitting New Orleans is a category 4. It can't be good. We are still talking 140 mph winds over 120 miles. That's a lot of wind, rain, tide surge, tornados.

There's a flickr slideshow available.

If you stayed behind in the Big Easy, why don't you head over to Molly's at the Market? I hear they are going to be open.

Two very good friends live out that way and came to Houston to wait out the storm with a friend. We haven't seen them since their wedding.

The bright side of the storm (from our point of view) is that while they are in town we'll get to see them. They are more than friends, they are family; and it's been too long.