Darned Hurricane!

If you're a praying kinda person, please pray for the people in southwest Louisiana and along the Texas coast. My family is all in Lake Charles, LA and that's where I'll always call "home" but I'm afraid they're about to get nailed. Seeing the devastation, heartbreak and loss in New Orleans was terrible but it doesn't compare to the feelings I have now knowing my family is in the direct path of Rita. A mandatory evacuation order was just issued for the area in which my family lives so they're leaving. They had their vehicles full of gas and loaded yesterday so don't ask me why as of 9 a.m. this morning, they're still "getting ready to leave". Have you ever thought of how to decide what to take with you when you have a house full of your life's memories and possessions and you know you can only take what will fit in your car? They're going to their camp in north Louisiana (I think they should go farther . . like come to Kentucky!) The trip usually takes 2 hours but Dad said they're expecting to take 6 or more hours to get to there today. I wish they'd left yesterday. Not much else I can do and the news is making me cry so I think it's time to turn off the TV/radio, plug in the Ipod, fire up the longarm and hope for the best. Judy L.