Beach days should be fun

Picture a street abandoned by people. A traffic light slightly swinging in the breeze. The traffic light turned off along with the city lights. The electricity dried up waiting for Gustav. The sky darkens and the squalls and walls of rain flooding the street set in. The fairly calm street light turns and twist and is violently whipped around. The wind is howling like an army of freight trains barreling through the street of Louisiana. The wire holding the street light up snaps apart and the gravity drives the street light crashing to the ground. No one got hurt, because most people obeyed the get out of town warnings issued by the government. The lessons of disaster left by Hurricane Katrina are still fresh on the minds of many people. People stranded on roofs of houses, because the rest of their houses were covered be water. The pets were left behind. Some pets never got to see their owners again. Doctors made gut wrenching decisions about patients' lives without electricity or an escape plan. The Mayor of New Orleans promises this time would be different. There is supposed to be 700 buses ready to take people out of the city. The gridlock on the road is still there. I can only hope for the best with this storm because Florida is not out of the woods regarding Hanna. Hanna follows in the footsteps of Gustav. Creeping ever so closer to the lower part of Florida. Around the Keys and posing a threat to come into our state. Floridians are trying to recover from the rainmaker of Tropical storm Fay. Hanna needs to move on her way and follow Gustav to Louisiana or Texas.