<p>Hoping she is maybe moving DD in to Dartmouth? Still, she must be worried re home. Anyone know?</p>
<p>D does not arrive in Hanover until tuesday evening, so she is probably not there yet.</p>
<p>Nope, haven’t heard anything. I’ve thought about both of you (and your families ) a lot and it so nice to hear that all of yours are o.k…The pictures on tonight’s news were the worst yet. I survived Camille in 69 , evacuated for 3-4 days only. This hurricane may not have been as fast but somehow the damage looks worse. Especially atrocious pictures from my old hometown of Biloxi. Maybe it’s just from an adult rather than 13 year old’s perspective. I sure hope cangel checks in when she has the time.</p>
<p>sybbie - This Tuesday evening (ie, tonight?) or in one week? I’m going to see if I saved her PM. She was looking for restaurant ideas in a broad area - I think she was planning a little moseying on the way. At least that’s what I’m currently hoping.</p>
<p>Nope, don’t think that was it. Her PM of 8/21 said she was planning to head this way in about 3 weeks. hmmm…</p>
<p>Here are two of cangel’s posts from which we can speculate ourselves into a right proper tizzy. </p>
<p>8/22 We have 2 weeks, but had to get the boxes done this weekend, because we’re going on a Mom/daughter trip this coming weekend, and boxes needed to be shipped before we got home. She found an alphabet book written, bound, and illustrated in the second grade - I almost lost it on the bed in her room. I think we may wait to go through all her “things” until next summer - we’ve gotten rid of a lot of clothes and accessories she doesn’t wear, it may be easier to do the “things” at a less emotional time.</p>
<p>8/22 Sure hope Delta hangs on until Sept 14 (on a thread where she was talking about her D making connections at Reagan traveling alone.)</p>
<p>I’m still trying to find her dang e-mail address.</p>
<p>Edit-found it and e-mailed. Maybe she’ll see it.</p>
<p>Isn’t tabbyzmom from New Orleans too?</p>
<p>Hey Jmmom,</p>
<p>I was glad to read that family made it home safely.</p>
<p>Greensleeves is due to arrive in Hanover on Tuesday, September 6 for her DOC trip that leaves on wednesday. She an D had been in contact because they are suppose to meet up when she arrives on campus. I have asked D if she has heard from Greensleeves since Katrina hit and D says that she has not.</p>
<p>I am keeping positive thoughts that we haven’t heard from there due to the lack of electricity in the area.</p>
<p>Yes, tabbyzmom is from NOLA. I emailed her on Sunday and she was preparing to get out of the city. I haven’t heard from her since. I’m very worried about her.</p>
<p>Again, to all who haven’t heard. So many were worried about us. We were fine and so are the vast, vast majority of folks (not to diminish the tragedy of those who are not fine). It’s just that there is no cell, land, internet service or power. Try to keep the faith, tho I know it is beyond difficult.</p>
<p>We did not have cell until at least 150 miles north of NOLA and then only intermittent and then often receiving busy circuits to any local calls. At one point, my cell phone said that service was blocked to all but emergency calls. It gave me the option of pressing a button that my call was an emergency. It was not, so I turned cell off. I thought that was a good setup, as the lines really need to be left open for emergencies. It feels like an emergency when we can’t hear from our loved ones, but there are other greater urgencies, as we all know.</p>
<p>Hey, guys we’re here and OK. I’m getting a little teary reading all this! We had a little chimney damage, but nothing like the devastation that is all around us. Communications are very sketchy, and cable (computer for us is also iffy). DD (Greensleeves) and I actually were not here for the storm, we had planned a last Mom/daughter long weekend in Orlando, and rode out the storm in luxury. We got home yesterday evening, and got power back soon after that.</p>
<p>All those around us, though, wow - everyone knows someone either in the South of our county, in Pascagoula or Biloxi, or in New Orleans. My husband spent yesterday (while DD and I were driving home) helping a co-worker who has lost everything to flooding - house and one car were flooded, the spouse was at Northrop-Grumman shipyard trying to prevent a drydocked vessel from sinking, when his truck was completely washed away. This man has lived his entire life in and around the water and the Gulf Coast, worked always in the ship yard, remebers Camille as a child, and Frederick as a teen, he said Mon and Mon night “I was scared, really scared”.</p>
<p>Glad to read above that Jmmom’s son must be OK, and that Tabbyzmom is getting out - there will be no return to NOLA for months. Greensleeves’s good friend for many years, moved OOS in tenth grade, also just started at Tulane, DD hasn’t heard from her yet, she needed to get back to Kansas City. The friend of a friend in Pensacola has a freshman daughter at Tulane, this child evacuated home to Pensacola with 4 internationals in tow, one young man from Asia came from a family who had pooled their resources to get himt to Tulane - he was to be on his own after the first year - he has no where to go. The child from Pensacola is on full scholarship to Tulane, several siblings, family has little money, still has a “blue roof” (a FEMA tarp, that basically means repairs haven’t been done yet) from Ivan, now has no college, and just doesn’t know what is best to do.</p>
<p>We are operating on survival mode here (and we are only on the edge of the destruction) - where can you get gas, where can you get ice, is the road open, will the bridge or tunnel be open - there’s no mail, intermittent power, intermittent phone/cell and cable - and others are worse off than we are.</p>
<p>cangel - my first real smile of this morning was seeing your screenname posted. Shalom.</p>
<p>Peace and prayers to you - DD and I talked about your son all weekend - I actually thought you had made it back home, sounds like the whole Jmmom family has had an adventure.</p>
<p>Cangel, so glad to know everything is fine with your family and house…</p>
<p>Yeah, ditto. This is like looking for posters after the tsunami, all over again.</p>
<p>Cangel–So glad to hear from you. Been checking for your presence over and over! Hope things get better soon. Much prayers to you and all your neighbors and friends.</p>
<p>C,</p>
<p>I am so relieved to know that you and crew are all ok.</p>
<p>cangel:</p>
<p>I am so relieved to read your post even as I tear up thinking about all those whom you mention that have nowhere to go.</p>
<p>cangel, I am very happy to hear from you. I was worried. Do what you can but take care of yourself.</p>
<p>nobody’s heard from tabbyzmom yet?</p>
<p>cangel-So glad to hear that your family is safe and sound.</p>