The picture to the right is of my brother’s backyard after Katrina paid South Florida a visit. Some in that area of Davie/Ft. Lauderdale went without power for almost two days. My brother still has not had his phone service restored. I was able to call my Dad though. Of course, compared to what Lousiana and Missisippi are going through Katrina was merely an inconvenience here. My family including myself lived through Andrew which I belived up to now was the biggest or at least most costly hurricaine to hit the U.S. Andrew was a category 5, Katrina made landfall at category 4 levels but a much bigger storm and therefore a much bigger mess. The nightmare is yet to begin. I was not able to move back into our home for about 10 months. The insurance relief is not quite enough and not very timely. There is a ton of red tape and life does not just wait for you. Whatever plans, goals one may have had may have to be put on hold for a while. Hurricaines are not huge killers at least not in the States but they can very definitely bump you and your plans off path and getting back on track can for many be very difficult.

These things are really getting out of hand, we are already up to the K’s and we have not yet passed Labor day.