Hurricane Katrina
Date: Sep 8th, 2005 8:31:16 pm - Subscribe
Mood: inspired
Where the Streets Have No Name: Pray for those where the streets have disappeared...
Well, I have finally had a minute to write.
This business with the hurricane has me worn out. I cannot keep away from the news of it. but I found a way to try and help.
I have been helping families and loved ones to get in contact with one another, and searching for info via the Internet.
I do wonder what in the world tropical storm Ophelia is doing just hanging around off the coast of Florida...it's almost as if she is just waiting to strike, making her choice, thinking about where to go. Even the meteorologists can't seem to agree on where Ophelia might go...and all the while, Ophelia hovers over the water, gathering stregth, because that's what hurricanes do. As long as they're over the water, they can build up their power.
Glad I don't live there. But, then again, we may have a tornado next spring. Oh, well.
Katrina is interesting in that it is a historical anomaly. Katrina has far surpassed the damage, strength, and loss of life and property that Andrew, Camille, and even the Galveston episode of a hundred years ago all produced.
It is a meteorologist's dream and a citizen's nightmare.
It is a photographer's treasure chest and a heart's breaking point.
It is a complete tragedy, the likes of which I cannot seem to find in the annals of world history. Except, perhaps, for the annhilation of the Jews in WWII. But as far as natural disasters go, this seems to be unprecedented. Very interesting to those of us with a journalistic and photograhic bent. But very distressing for those who are living through it...which in turn, breaks my heart. I want to help them all, and take them all in.
On another note, much lighter...we have acquired a pony that my daughter is in love with. She was cheap, and I can see why. She has mastitis, which to be honest, is not really an expensive illness to deal with. But nobody really wanted to deal with it, and she has been passed around a bit. (Typical for me...I seem to be the halfway house for everything with a problem. I should be a vet tech by now.)
Zoe, as she is known, is a dream of a pony. She is very gentle, and quite cooperative, which is a great thing, considering she is under the weather. She is cooperating well with her therapy. Even the antibiotic that I had to buy wasn't SO pricey, and the vet gave it to me upon my own assessment of the horse. I am so happy to see all my research and knowledge of equines is still building, and comes in handy. But I really wish I would quit choosing all the hard cases that nobody wants! I am SUCH a sucker.
I think that Zoe will be very happy here with us, though. Her name means "life", and she will indeed have a new life living with us. All my animals don't do too badly!
Well, I gotta go. Doctoring horses is way more fun to me than cleaning the bathroom, but the shower looks atrocious, and the dishes need to be done, so....
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