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August 29, 2005
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In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that
makes us happy. --Albert Clarke
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Let's just say life is never dull. I have been busy dealing with hurricane Katrina...my daughter
flew into New Orleans Sat to start her second year at Tulane, we did not find out they were evacuating until she was already
in the air and on her way, we had many obstacles to overcome to get her out of harms way. It has been harrowing to put it
mildly. First off she is only 19 so not allowed to rent a car, second she arrived at the airport at 5pm and her school was
closed. Fortunately one of her roomates said she would go and pick her up at the airport as her father had driven her car
to New Orleans and was there. Unfortunately they were unable to get to the airport due to traffic, but her roomate's dad was
so wonderful in that he thought to hire my daughter a limo to get her to Tulane and they would meet her there. The University
was already closed when she got there, but the campus police opened her dorm so she could leave her luggage in her dorm room(first
floor...doubt that she will have any of those belongings after all is said and done) My son, husband and myself while she
was still flying there got on the internet, looked at the track of the storm and felt it was best to get her to go West instead
of north and we were able to get Kara, her roomate and her roomates Dad a hotel room in Houston Texas. We went on to mapquest
got the directions and while the limo was driving her back roads from the airport to Tulane I was giving her step by step
directions on how to get to Houston, they left New Orleans at 6pm Sat nite for their 5 hour drive to Houston, but with traffic,
they did not arrive until 530 Sunday morning. I was able to keep in contact with her every hour via her dying cell phone(she
left her charger in her dorm)
I am still thanking God for Modern technology..being able to communicate, map out and create
an escape route from miles away inNew Hampshire,for her in New Orleans, is really a miracle. She is safe and waiting
out the storm in houston, her roomates Dad will be flying out tomm from Houston and the girls will go from there. Right now
the school says they will reopen next week(however I am not sure THAT will happen) so we are going to decide after today if
we will be flying her home at the end of the week, or if she will be returning to New Orleans. I don't think I have ever prayed
so much in my life. Please keep all thos less fortunate than my daughter in your prayers.
Annie
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