Riding Out the Storm
08/29/2005 10:39 Filed in: Faith & Reason
...in faith.
I think that most people who were able to get out of New Orleans and surrounding areas did so over the weekend. However, there were some, especially the poor (estimated to be at around 100,000) who could not leave. The Superdome was opened as a high place of refuge for those who could not flee the city. As reports came in this morning that 145 mph winds and "blinding rain" were pounding the Big Easy, part of the Superdome's roof was ripped off making one wonder if there is any place in the area that is truly safe.
However, the best response I read this morning was from a 73-year-old woman, Josephine Elow. Here's the description of her circumstances along with her response from an AP story:
At the hotel Le Richelieu, the winds blew open sets of balcony french doors shortly after dawn. Seventy-three-year-old Josephine Elow of New Orleans pressed her weight against the broken doors as a hotel employee tried to secure them.
"It's not life-threatening," Mrs. Elow said as rain water dripped from her face. "God's got our back."
Way to go, Josephine! That knowledge makes a hurricane seem a little bit less fierce.
I think that most people who were able to get out of New Orleans and surrounding areas did so over the weekend. However, there were some, especially the poor (estimated to be at around 100,000) who could not leave. The Superdome was opened as a high place of refuge for those who could not flee the city. As reports came in this morning that 145 mph winds and "blinding rain" were pounding the Big Easy, part of the Superdome's roof was ripped off making one wonder if there is any place in the area that is truly safe.
However, the best response I read this morning was from a 73-year-old woman, Josephine Elow. Here's the description of her circumstances along with her response from an AP story:
At the hotel Le Richelieu, the winds blew open sets of balcony french doors shortly after dawn. Seventy-three-year-old Josephine Elow of New Orleans pressed her weight against the broken doors as a hotel employee tried to secure them.
"It's not life-threatening," Mrs. Elow said as rain water dripped from her face. "God's got our back."
Way to go, Josephine! That knowledge makes a hurricane seem a little bit less fierce.