Thursday, September 22, 2005

Rita

As people are now fleeing Galveston, Houston, and who knows where else, my friend Melanie Jordan is somewhere in the exodus, now north of Dallas. I just got off the phone with her: she's with her boyfriend, his mother and sister and a dog. Happy to hear she left last night, early, before the wretched gridlock.

4 comments:

Amanda Auchter said...

I stood in my driveway this morning watching said wretched gridlock.

Paul said...

So you're staying?

Amanda Auchter said...

Yeah, no choice, really. We had a plan to evacuate, but that fell through for various reasons. Also, no gas within a 50 mi. radius. Ugh. We're 70 mi. from the coast, so we won't get the worst. Still: 90 mph winds and heavy rain expected here. My family lives on the coast, but they evacuated earlier this week.

Paul said...

Well, good luck and stay safe there.