Katrina

[The Perky Ent]

This is my luck: Katrina. No home. Most of my stuff is probably ruined, including my beloved Compy (R.I.P) That in itself is a tragedy. I just moved into what I thought would be my apartment for the next three months yesterday. But, much to my shagrin, Rita comes along. So now, I'm forced to evacuate from my evacuation! There's panic at the grochery, as all the water is gone and people are going for canned food like a Tiger on a Llama (Me cother de cotheri deri Gadi) . So, I'm packing up for Dallas, where I will hopefully stay for three days. Just when I was starting to adjust. Well, that's my luck! Just wanted to pop in so if I, for some reason, go missing for a long period of time and anyone wonders where I am, I'll be in Dallas, evacuating from an evacuation!


PS: If there's anyone here from houston (yes I know that everyone from everywhere is helping) I want to give a particular thanks for your generous hospitality. Now let's see if Dallas is the same way...

[Glirdan]

I wish all the luck to you Perky and I'm sorry you were ripped from your home so quickly. Good luck.

[Valesse]

Originally Posted by The Perky Ent

PS: If there's anyone here from houston (yes I know that everyone from everywhere is helping) I want to give a particular thanks for your generous hospitality. Now let's see if Dallas is the same way...

*hugs*
We wanted to help out in anyway possible, and being as close to New Orleans as we are, was definately a blessing. However, I'm sorry you're being forced to leave again, and had I known that you were in this situation (and if I had my own apartment/house) I'd offer you a place to stay... Though I'm pretty sure you don't want to wait out Rita like I'm planning on doing.

I hope Dallas is finds you well, Perky. (Though I must warn you: most Texans do not consider Dallas a part of Texas, but a funny little branch of New York.)

[Child of the 7th Age]

I hope that this does not sound trite, but I keep thinking about the Akallabeth and that great wave from the west which overwhelms Numenor.

No, Fordim, it doesn't sound trite but there's more than one way to look at the situation. As I wait and wonder what is going to happen to Houston over the next few days, I am hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. I am also mindful of how Tolkien wove the symbolism of water throughout his tale in so many different ways. There's the relentless destruction of a wall of water. There's also the lure and mystery of the Sea and the goodness that flows from every inlet Ulmo used to keep an eye on Arda. Remember when Frodo and Sam trudged through Mordor and found a small stream to assuage their physical and emotional thirst, a hint of hope in a truly dismal place? Without some water we cannot live; too much water and we are running for cover. So I sit here with my "precious" hoard of bottled water hoping that we won't be chased away by too much of a good thing.

I am also hoping our Texas coast will fare better than Numenor did. If I had to choose, I think I would prefer the sinking of Beleriand, which apparently occurred at a much slower pace so that people actually managed to get out. We are keeping an eye on things and will take off to be with friends living further inland if conditions look very bad. Wind and water are so capricious. The storm center could die down or head towards some less habitated part of the coast, but you never know.

Perky Ent - Yes, I also love the Hobbit Hole and have gone there for many years. Sorry the weather chased you away for a second time. There are so many people from New Orleans here now, living in apartments and houses. I really feel for them, possibly having to relive some variant of Katrina a second time. For Valessa and all those other Downers who are perched near the Texas Gulf Coast (some of you much nearer than I am), I hope you fare well.

[The Perky Ent]

Akallabeth indeed! I wondered for a while if the hurricane (Katrina. Ugh, I have to specify which one ) was a way of washing out the evil and corruption. New Orleans doesn't pride itself on lawfulness. But, when you think about it, considering it an Akallabeth isn't a very good way to live in my opinion. Yes, the Hobbit Hole is quite a good restaurant. You always have inciteful things to say, Child. And as for the Galveston destruction thing, I think no sinking is better than slow sinking

[Nuranar]

Originally Posted by The Perky Ent

And as for the Galveston destruction thing, I think no sinking is better than slow sinking

Yep! But it didn't need to actually sink in 1900.

Originally Posted by Valesse

I hope Dallas is finds you well, Perky. (Though I must warn you: most Texans do not consider Dallas a part of Texas, but a funny little branch of New York.)

Just add Austin to that statement and you've nailed it. Seriously, though, if Dallas leaves you cold, pop on over to Fort Worth. This old Cowtown is being very hospitable at the moment. I'm so sorry this had to happen to you and everyone else who's been displaced once already. Valesse, Child, and all others on the coat, please take reasonable care of yourselves. Don't do anything too stupid. The husband of a lady at work wanted to drive down to see the waves!

~ Nuranar, who is already mourning the green pecans that will be blown off this weekend, despite weeks of ceaseless defense against squirrels

[Valesse]

Originally Posted by Nuranar

Just add Austin to that statement and you've nailed it.

Now how can you go about saying that? UT-Austin offers Tolkien Linguistics as a foreign language credit!

Originally Posted by Nuranar

Valesse, Child, and all others on the coat, please take reasonable care of yourselves. Don't do anything too stupid...

I'll try not to. Its kind of hard, anyway, with the roads filled to capacity. I just hope Perky got out before the highways got too bad... And from what I've seen of her Child -can't- do anything stupid.

To lighten the situation Houstonians are passing emailing this fake evacuation notice around..thought it might give a giggle to a few of y'all in a time like this. (Now there are ethnic referances, but they don't mean a thing.)....and most of y'all won't understand the road directions... But for those who do..! : \

(I'm just trying to be sweet )

Today, City officials just announced the Houston Hurricane Evacuation Plan as follows:
Hispanics use I-10 West to San Antonio
Cajuns use I-10 East to Lafayette
Rednecks use 59 North to East Texas
Republicans fly Continental to Washington DC
Yankees and Democrats use 45 South to Galveston
Longhorns use 290 West to Austin
Aggies use 610 Loop....either direction
(They left off I-45 to Dallas for one simple reason..Being in a Hurricane is preferable to going to Dallas)