Why did they stay?

Been wondering why so many people stayed in New Orleans when they were told to leave. Okay, you don't want to leave your home and you believe that you can ride out the storm, but the predictions they were making would have gotten me out of town with as many things as I could carry. Yes, some people had nowhere to go and no way to get there anyway, but there were also a lot of people that could have left yet they didn't. So much destruction and loss of life and some of the lives could have been saved had they followed directions.

Now they are moving people from the Super Dome in New Orleans to the Astro Dome in Houston. They will stay there for the foreseeable future. They are also bringing in Navy ships to help with refugees needing medical attention.

Think there will be a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans next spring?

They (the news channels) are spending so much time talking about New Orleans that Biloxi, Gulfport and Pensacola are being put by the wayside and they have major destruction and devastation, too. There are a lot of people there who have lost their homes and everything, too.

Prayers go out to all of them...

Live This Life

by Big & Rich

"Met a man on the street last night,
Said his name was Jesus.
Met a man on the street last night.
Thought he was crazy till I watched him heal a blind man.
I watched him heal a blind man and now I see.

I'll live this life until this life won't let me live here anymore,
Then I will walk, yes I will walk with patience through that open door.
I have no fears, angels follow me wherever I may go.
I'll live this life until this life won't let me live here anymore.

Met a girl in a chair with wheels, but no one else would see her.
Met a girl in a chair with wheels.
Everyone was so afraid to even look down on her,
And she just spread her little wings and flew away.

I'll live this life until this life won't let me live her anymore,
Then I will walk, yes I will walk with patience through that open door.
I have no fears, angels follow me wherever I may go.
I'll live this life until this life won't let me live here anymore.

Met a kid on a bridge last night, contemplating freedom.
Met a kid on a bridge last night.
And he said, 'I'm tired of this maddening life and I'm ready to go meet Jesus.'
And I said, 'He's a friend of mine. Met him just last night and it's all right.'

It's all right...

I'll live this life until this life won't let me live here anymore,
Then I will walk, yes I will walk with patience through that open door.
I have no fears, angels follow me wherever I may go.
I'll live this life until this life won't let me live here anymore.

Met a man on the street last night, said his name was Jesus.
Met a man on the street last night...."


Just seemed appropriate somehow...

Hurricane

Sat in front of the TV watching the devastation in the Southern states. So thankful not to be living there, but heartsick for the people who do...or rather did. To lose absolutely everything including, in some instances, loved ones. Bet the world will not come running to help though we did when the Tsunami hit Indonesia.

To begin at the beginning

As good a place to start as any.
Just trying to learn the ins and outs of webposting and site creation. Old dog/new tricks and all that. Hoping to understand it enough to do a little e-commerce. We shall see if any of this is possible.