Monthly Archive for September, 2005

via the contact form:
Cole and James broke in side window on 2nd floor and got cassie. No sign of slick, but they left food and water for her.

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what does this mean… some co-workers of my father were able to rescue one of my parents’ two cats from the top story of their flooded house, this cat lasted about a week with little or no food or water in the house and is said to be extremely happy to be with people again… also i found out the water, after draining a little, was up to the top step, or the very bottom of the top floor (second story) of my parents house… plus i heard the spca is out looking for trapped animals…

on a side note… i keep hearing people complain about those of us who left the greater new orleans area being called refugees instead of evacuees… I AM A REFUGEE! i feel partially abandoned by an incompetent federal government headed by political flunkies… i have taken refuge with family to escape the hurricane… i am a refugee!

Everyone want’s to interview my dad, but he’s next to impossible to get in touch with… currently the times pic has a newsroom in the communication school of LSU’s building and is printing the paper via a press in houma. my mom is in atlanta with my grandpa at the moment and trying to figure out what’s next… we are worried about my parents two cat’s that were trapped in their house in lakeview during the storm, but i heard today that the SPCA is going into houses (that they are asked to enter) and taking in animals to keep at a shelter until their owners can get them… the rabbi from my synagogue is in atlanta at the moment and will be officiating a bat mitzvah in two weeks at AA (ahavatha avayim?) synagogue in atlanta… the bat mitzvah was supposed to happen at our shul in metairie, but of course now it can’t… i feel sorry for the child because the huge party had to be cancelled plus not many friends will get to go, much less family… but who knows… plus the rabbis just started with out shul this year, so this has got to be really hard on him and his family, considering they only just moved to new orleans in late july… my health insurance hasn’t been cancelled (yet) even though i’m pretty sure i will not be able to return to my job… my wife and i have decided to go forward with the plan we had in place before all of this happened… before… we planned that after graduation from UNO my wife would pick any grad school in the country she wanted and i would follow her (love, ain’t it grand) now we are hoping one of her favored grad schools will let her finish the semester or so of undergrad she had left and then continue through grad school… time to play the refugee card i guess… luckily for the moment i have a part-time online job with weblogs,inc writing about flash and i am trying to expand my role, given my new found free days… just need to kick the lovely wife off the laptop everyonce in a while… my sister has put us up at her apartment in atlanta at the moment, but in a week or so we should be heading to south florida with the mom-in-law to get some down-time before we start our new life….

to all of you out there… please let me know if you want something posted here… i will continue to post about the congregation as i find out information… if you need to reach my dad, just contact me and i will give you his email… don’t expect a fast response though cause he is getting hundreds of emails a day due to his lead role in the washing away series a few years ago that almost completely predicted how this storm would be handled and what it would do… read the series and be scared… ah yes i am the son of nostridomus….

that’s all for now

the following is a hoax email being passed around
known to be fake and confirmed via the news media, ie, my dad

via email:
Subject: help for evacuees

All — this is valid information from our police department….
Patrice Fogarty, TRMC
City Secretary
City of Missouri City
1522 Texas Parkway, 77489
281.261.4263; 281.403.0683 fax
—– Forwarded by Patrice Fogarty/MOCTYDOM on 09/02/2005 09:02 AM —–

Do you know anyone in Texas as an evacuee from any of the three states Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama? If so, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services will give them 2 months of Food Stamps with no questions asked. All they need to show is a driver license. This agency will also give you information and locations where they can receive FREE GAS. Also, if you are housing anyone from one of these states you can call FEMA at (800) 621-3362 file a claim and receive assistance for your help. This is valid information directly from TDHHS.

Below is the site to find a location near you

http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/

Janice B. Poppenhusen
Missouri City Police Dept
Records Supervisor
281-261-4228
281-261-4226 fax

not sure if this is true… but i would assume so