September 3, 2008

Dear Ruby--
I hear tonight y'alll are in Austin Texas fleeing hurricane Gustav, and New Orleans still has no electricity. Your uncle Buzz brought his family to Baton Rouge and they have no electricity there as well. I can't remember in childhood so many crises. We may have gone without electricity for a day or tow or maybe three but that was the worst. And we always had fans in windows over head and everywhere. Now even with a generator my brother has no fans o put on in the heat. Fortunately the rain cools off the land.

Now for the first time in history we will have a black president or a female vice president. Hopefully global issues will be looked upon more seriously and weather problems will be addressed.

So many changes since you were born already in technology with cell phones and blackberies and can we stop now and think about weather. I hope so.

If New Orleams has to confront a series of hurricanes, will people not leave the city? People have short memories, but hurricanes every 3 years that won't be forgotten.