Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Katrina heads for Montreal

Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast. What a mess, on TV it looks like the tsunami aftermath from Christmas. Lots of poor people who were unable to evacuate were killed and the dikes around New Orleans broke open and the city is now flooded. It's pretty much the worse case scenario. There's looting and stranded people in among dead bodies and wreckage.... Spilled oil and chemicals are mixing with the water to create a toxic mess and oil refineries are seriously damaged. Yikes. God help them.

My friend in New Orleans wrote me back to say he had evacuated safely but his home is in the city basin but on slightly higher ground.... but he expects it to be damaged. I haven't heard back since the storm hit. I have another friend in Philadelphia with family in Alabama but he wrote me this evening to say they were 200 miles north of Mobile and only got heavy rain. So at least the people I know of personally in the region are physically safe. That's good news.

The storm will ride it's way up north and go right up the St Lawrence over Montreal on out to the Maritimes and the Atlantic again... so we expect Katrina's remains tomorrow. They are predicting very heavy rains and winds. Remember last time we had heavy rain and I ended up stranded out on the West Island and got home at 9:30 at night because of the flooding at l'Acadie... Tomorrow it will be Pie IX and the 440 both there and back just to be safe. Regardless it will be nothing compared to what hit down South.

I had supper with friends last night at a pretty Greek restaurant on Duluth street in Le Plateau. It was an open air courtyard that went perfect with the warm humid night. The food and conversation excellent. Two of the guests were from New York City and they were touring around Montreal the past few days and seemed to have had a nice time. I really enjoyed myself actually. Eating out like that on a warm night is one of the things I like to do the most.. throw in the pleasant courtyard terrace and it doesn't get better... summer in Montreal at it's best.

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