I’m a wife and mom of two daughters. My daughters are 12 years apart so that keeps me quite busy and a little crazy at times. My life is a jumble of mixed up mishaps, but it’s always centered around my family.
Hurricane Gustav
August 30th, 2008 by Connie RobertsLiving in Florida during Hurricane season makes you feel uneasy. After getting away again by God’s grace without a direct hit or even much rain from Tropical Storm Fay recently I feel really blessed. But it still causes me and Hubby to be prepared.
Reading and hearing about Hurricane Gustav and getting some of the bands of rain from it today really has me thinking about Katrina and it’s victims. Back then we donated money and helped an family from New Orleans that we learned about through eBay.
I’m happy to see that FEMA is prepared this time to avoid the disaster that occurred after Katrina. We want to be totally prepared too. We have gone through our property insurance policy and need to buy flood insurance *note to self do this ASAP*. The other thing we need to look into is mortgage life insurance. I want to do this because about 3-4 months before I got Myasthenia Gravis I spoke with a friend about getting Disability Insurance but never followed through. We’ve learned our lesson. And seeing the flooding from a Tropical Storm we need flood insurance too.
August 30th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I hope that Gustav dies down before hitting New Orleans but it isn’t looking too good right now. That said, I hope they’re prepared as they face the next onslaught.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Personally I think your nuts living in flordia! lol
I also hope that the areas effected by Katrina don’t get hit hard this time, but it seems that they may not be lucky. I think it’s great that the government has learned it’s lesson and have gotten people down there. Good luck with the wet weather.
September 1st, 2008 at 12:50 am
Hey, cool, I didn’t realize you live in Florida too. Like you, I’m so thankful we’re not in Gustav’s path — but of course I can’t wish it on anyone else, either! Let’s hope measures put in place after Katrina will stick and do some good for this storm. Hope and pray!