I am not in London yet. Currently, I'm still in tropical rain soaked Hattiesburg, MS. I'm trying to pack and get ready and get out of here before the next hurricane hits. Here in Hattiesburg we really dodged the bullet on this last hurricane, Gustav, it could have been a lot worse. Also, fortunately, my favorite city in the U.S., New Orleans, seems to have dodged the bullet on this one, too. I know they will still need help to get fixed up though since a lot of New Orleans is still damaged from Katrina. This hurricane was nowhere near as bad as Katrina for them but I know there was damage done. I'm really excited about going to London but part of me is torn because I wish I could help out a little in New Orleans before leaving.
Here are some links to a few sites to find out information on New Orleans' current state, as well as some sites to look into helping them out, if anyone is interested.
http://www.nola.com/
http://www.commongroundrelief.org/
http://www.rebuildgreen.org/
I don't want to neglect to mention that there are other areas of the gulf coast that have had just as much devastation, if not more, from recent hurricanes, including Gustav. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is another area battered by recent hurricanes, as well as hit by Gustav, that needs a lot of help and deserves some attention. For more information and news about the Mississippi Gulf Coast go the the Sun Herald web site.
The storm here in Hattiesburg was not bad at all but we did have a few days of pretty crazy weather. I'm going to try to put up a few pictures I took during the storm.
Luckily I had the foresight to not book my flight to London out of New Orleans but Jackson instead, so I should be taking off on Saturday and getting to London Sunday morning.
Next Week in London...
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