How Weird is THAT??

SO I wrote the last post and then, two weeks later, my sister gets hit by a hurricane.

[Now, she was not the only one, so I'm not taking this personally.]

In fact, she fared pretty much better than her neighbors. She and her husband boarded up and evacuated, and returned to find relatively little damage. Her section did not flood.

It's so damn weird - she and I do not speak, but all sorts of members of my family asked me how she was doing. I've checked up on her via my goddaughter, who has stayed in touch with her. Then I relay the information to other family members. Is this because I'm the only boy?

They have no running water and no electricity. She has a cell phone, which her son takes to the hospital to recharge for her. They were advised to use their pool to store water, and that's how they're flushing toilets, etc.

Latest news today was about e coli being found in N'Awlins. That, after civil disorder and all the rest.

I thank God my sister and her family are OK. She has two sons - one working at the hospital in Biloxi, and another who left for Houston for a while.

And I resent the politicization of this tragedy. People should organize resources to help out now, and bitch about the government later.