Finally heard back from my brother and his family. They made it back to the in-laws' house in Alabama and are alright. They pretty much threw a change of clothes into a bag and got out of Dodge. My niece "misses her stuffed animals." My nephew, her older brother, is passing the time by "wandering around devoting his attention to learning the reflexive property of addition and multiplication." Yep. He's a Banjo, alright.
For her part, my very youngest niece is probably too busy making those weird baby noises and throwing up on her mom to notice much of what's going on, other than the fact that Mom and Dad seem a mite anxious.
Today my brother is driving back into town to see if they still have a house or not. Signs, according to him, are not favorable. Other houses nearby at similar elevations were flooded anywhere from 1 to 15 feet deep. They're not sure where they're going to live. Maybe in a FEMA trailer.
He says "Today is our 9th anniversary. Some anniversary, huh?"
Posted by flamingbanjo at September 1, 2005 04:01 PMThat sucks, hope their house is still standing, or at least salvageable. Things look pretty ugly down there, and I can only imagine that the acutal devestation is far worse even than it looks like on TV.
Posted by: COMTE at September 1, 2005 04:51 PMomg, thats soooo horrible!!! give all of my condolences (and i kno how much compelte strangers, yet avid flaming text readers condolences count)
wish your brother the best of luck,
deb