On the 3-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we at the St. Bernard Project are preparing for another potential threat--Tropical Storm Gustav. It is expected that by the end of the day, Gustav will be back to CAT 1 and reach make landfall along the Gulf Coast (exact location unknown) as a CAT 3 by Monday sometime.Residents of St. Bernard are anxious and volunteers like myself don't know really know what to expect. In anticipation of evacuation tomorrow, I will be leaving tonight after we have sufficiently battened down the hatches here at the office. This photo gives you an idea of what my office looks like this afternoon. Soon to be filled up with the remaining tools from the last 4 houses in operation today.
David Temple and his wife, Amy, have graciously opened up their home in Little Rock to me as my first stop on the evacuation route. From there I will head on to Tulsa to visit Karl.
I really can't believe how odd this feels... I have plenty of food and water and my car is filled with St. Bernard Project documents as well as my own personal essentials. I'm hoping that the warning of "4x longer drive time during evacuation" will not be the case in my situation.
I would greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers for a safe evacuation for myself and all of our volunteers!
More soon...
2 comments:
Hi Andrea,
We are thinking of and praying for you and all those you work with and for. I hope everything went well and you were able to leave safely.
We're praying for God's mercy and protection on you and all who call NOLA home. May peace as deep as the waters be with you.
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