tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post7120795206769752691..comments2024-02-23T08:47:03.787-06:00Comments on What Would Jane Austen Do?: They also serve who stand and waitmamacitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12201474702664482175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-79090534720782139102008-09-26T21:49:00.000-05:002008-09-26T21:49:00.000-05:00I cannot imagine how difficult all of this must be...I cannot imagine how difficult all of this must be. I wish you and your family the best in sorting out this catastrophe that just... fell on you.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795753563127975720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-7700615496345279722008-09-22T04:28:00.000-05:002008-09-22T04:28:00.000-05:00M: someone told me tonight what had happened to yo...M: someone told me tonight what had happened to you and I was totally shocked. I didn't know you were from Bridge City. I can't imagine what you and your family are going through. All the pictures of the dead animals and the destroyed houses are overwhelming to just to see. The pictures from Boliver are really hard to comprehend. It's a good thing your family got to evacuate because in Boliver the waters rose faster than they anticipated and there's a line of cars where people had to just leave them. unreal. Half of West U won't have their lights until maybe another week and Tanglewood is going to be a month because the grid burned up. Meyerland is still completely dark still and Bellaire is half dark. I can't believe how lucky we were to get our lights just after 5 days. And I apologize to you that you took my comment about my neighbor personally. It's a long story, which I will be glad to share with you in an email. Please accept my apology.cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-77030647344276591972008-09-21T17:52:00.000-05:002008-09-21T17:52:00.000-05:00Oh my. With every paragraph, my jaw dropped a litt...Oh my. With every paragraph, my jaw dropped a little further.<BR/><BR/>If you aren't needed in town, I'm with soletrain -- don't get in the way of people getting services back on line.drwendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583869876969470655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-2245177527720784212008-09-20T12:42:00.000-05:002008-09-20T12:42:00.000-05:00MissEm -- Get off the internets and go get married...MissEm -- Get off the internets and go get married! Y'all have a great day.mamacitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201474702664482175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-69172883845280044312008-09-20T12:27:00.000-05:002008-09-20T12:27:00.000-05:00Wow. My thoughts go out to you and your family. I ...Wow. My thoughts go out to you and your family. I just cannot even imagine.Petunia Facehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-55493377024676177802008-09-20T11:46:00.000-05:002008-09-20T11:46:00.000-05:00So sorry to hear about the damage to the family "e...So sorry to hear about the damage to the family "estate."MrsEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465853625720898199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2024831534778489143.post-43496503270188317642008-09-20T07:56:00.000-05:002008-09-20T07:56:00.000-05:00I don't know. I've never heard of your dad...I don't know. I've never heard of your dad standing in waist-deep water for no good reason.<BR/><BR/>Something that hasn't gotten much play in the media (at least from what I've seen) is that traffic is absolutely horrible here. Given how many lights have no power and how many that do have power are still flashing red, that's not surprising on surface streets. What has surprised me is how awful the freeways have been. The West Loop, 59, and 10 have been gridlocked all afternoon until after 7:00 PM every night this week. I guess that more people are using the freeways because the surface streets are so bad.<BR/><BR/>In any case, although the traffic light situation, the gas situation, and the food situation are getting better, I don't see how people coming back when they aren't needed in town and have a place to stay out of town does anything other than exacerbate the principal problems that we have. (I'm not trying to trivialize the damage that people have experienced in BC or Bolivar or Galveston; but the main problems where you and I live right now are power, gas, traffic, and food.) None of which is to say that I don't miss you and E&B and wish mightily that you'll come back soon.Soletrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749296849848810881noreply@blogger.com