the hurricane

It just keeps getting worse in New Orleans. No, not the reports, the damage. Water is still rising. Lake Ponchartrain is still pouring through the levee. It won't stop until the water levels even out.

Water levels rose so quickly in some places, that residents had to flee in a hurry. Some fled to their attics, but had to break or cut through their roofs to escape the water. I can only imagine how many weren't able to escape that way.


But then you hear stories like this...

"Jenkins, the Moss Point woman who fled her flooded home by boat, told the Sun-Herald that she was confident staying home because she has lived in her house for 29 years and never seen the waters rise to her stoop. "

What were these people thinking?

wildlife

Last week, Cyn and I went for a walk down to the river. There, we saw some fish, a couple of deer and a very pretty kingfisher. I though it a little odd that we didn't see a heron, but on the way back, when we neared the house, we saw a pair of herons fly over.

Last night, I saw a coyote near our neighbor's yard.