Everything And The Kitchen Sink!

This weekend I had the opportunity to donate some money in the casino's in Shreveport. This morning as I was returning home to the great State Of Texas I noticed the large amount of traffic heading out of the state of Louisiana from hurricane Gustav. I noticed there were FOUR distinct types of people who were leaving the state.

1. Guy and Girl are in the car and they have a clothes rod across the back with a few outfits in dry
dry cleaner bags. Their dog (usually of the small type) is sitting in the front seat in the
passengers lap.

2. Large truck pulling some type of RV. Might be towing another car. Usually a very nice car at
that. You would never know they are running for the hills. These families appear to be on
vacation.

3. Small car jammed packed with 5 people. Usually pillows are jammed against the windows.
I found myself reflecting on my travels on American Eagle. Check previous blog to get that
joke.

4. This last group my heart went out to. Their car looked like they literally threw stuff in their
car with no thought. Just to get out of New Orleans. Generally when you pack a car there is
some sort of organization. Not these cars. Stuff is just jammed in there from floorboard to
hood. I found myself wondering why they decided to take some of the stuff they did. One car
had FOUR OZARKA bottles jammed up against the back windshield. You know the big kind
that you see in office break rooms. I thought that was very odd. When getting my crap in the
car to get away from a hurricane my first thought would not be......HONEY...DON"T FORGET
THE OZARKA BOTTLES!!!! Obviously, these things are valuable because they were put in
first. How else did they get jammed in the back right? Usually these cars were way
overloaded and they were "struggling" on the highway. Many breakdowns were witnessed.
I felt sorry for these and their situation. Most of the breakdowns were because of blown tires.

All I have to say is this. I know anywhere you live you have mother nature to deal with. But I have a huge problem with boarding up my house and leaving it HOPING it is there when I get back.