this was an odd weekend. no one was really feeling like themselves and i'm just plain beat from lack of sleep. we had a really nice dinner with my grandparents on friday but the mood was somber because we watched a lot of katrina coverage. r hadn't watched any up until then and was amazed at what he hadn't realized. saturday we went to madelyn's 2nd birthday and r and i both agreed that we felt out of place. there were 7 kids under 4 and parker was the only one still breastfeeding. then sara said something about hoping the baby she's pregnant with isn't a boy because "baby boy's have such big balls and it's gross". uh? today we went to the flea market with joe and celeste and had a nice enough time but i got sunburned and parker just wasn't herself at all! she fell asleep in r's arms walking around. that never happens anymore!
here's something interesting from the october 2004 issue of national geographic:
here's something interesting from the october 2004 issue of national geographic:
Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
When did this calamity happen? It hasn't—yet. But the doomsday scenario is not far-fetched. The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great.