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Evacuation, Part 2?

I was looking forward to packing up, leaving the hotel and getting back to my apartment in New Orleans. I couldn't wait to get my life back together and get back to law school.

That was until I turned on the news this morning. Ike has strengthened, but more importantly, he's turned. He's now headed for the Gulf and what could be New Orleans.

Ike is not supposed to hit until next weekend, so I've already decided that I"m not unpacking at all when I get back to NOLA. I'm simply going to live out of a suitcase for a week until I know that Ike has safely passed.

If I have to evacuate again, where will I end up this time? Now that I know HOW to evacuate, I could try to get reservations early at a closer town -- maybe Jackson or Meridian in Mississippi -- but then I think about all the fun I've had exploring Chattanooga and Destin, towns that were foreign to me until Hurricane Gustav sent me packing.

I don't know how people on the coast live with this. Of course, I"m assuming that's what people on the coast would say if they lived in North Texas during the spring and had to deal with endless tornado watches and warnings.

Posted by Lara Richards at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)