New Orleans is my heart. I love it so much. I grew up just 45 miles Southwest of there. That is where my whole family and many of my friends are. It is the best city. It’s like nothing you have ever experienced in your lifetime. I guarantee that! The food, the people, the music are all a breed of their own. You can get the best taffy by the river and go to one of the biggest aquariums in the world. There’s Jackson Square with psychics, artists, and magicians. Down the street is the market. Everything you could think of, you can get there. Purses, shirts, toe rings, alligator heads are all lined up in different booths. Right around the corner is the Cafe Du Monde with the best cafe au lait made with chicory and the originator the the beignet. Don’t even get me started on the zoo. The Audubon Zoo is one of the best zoos in the US. I just hope all those animals are okay.

Anyway, my parents came out okay with the hurricaine. The town we are from is actually just West enough to have missed the worst of the storm. They are still without power but they went to stay with my Aunt that got hers back early.

New Orleans though is a different story. They are now saying that the death toll could be in the thousands. They are having a hard time figuring out what to do with all the water and it isn’t going down fast enough. There are dead bodies in the water and it is only a matter of time before that starts spreading disease. People are alive and still trapped in their attics or on their roofs. They are running out of water and food. They are transporting the people in the Superdome to the Astrodome in Houston. This may be one of the most devasting natural disasters this century, according to reports. Please pray for them and if you can afford it, give to the Red Cross.