Hurricane Gustav

This has been a very emotional week for us. We left Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon and came up here to my cousins' house in Ruston, LA. I am so glad that we left. All of my friends who stayed in Baton Rouge are okay, as far as I know, but they say it was just awful. I have heard so many stories about trees on houses in Baton Rouge and I am very very scared about our little house. My coworker Ray is supposed to go by and check on it for me today. I hope it's okay. As I write this, the outer bands, what is left of them anyway, are swirling over Ruston. We lost power this morning for an hour or so. But that was it. So far.

Joey just got a report of a tree that fell onto a power line at Camp Alabama near here. He is in charge of Camp Alabama so obviousy he just left to go see about that. I'm sitting here watching CNN, as we have been this whole time, dying to see something about Baton Rouge on their coverage. Governor Jindal is speaking right now. I am still worried about the levees flooding New Orleans even today or tomorrow. There is an awful lot of water pressing against them!

So now I am just waiting. I am sad for the people I have heard about who died when trees fell on their houses. I am sad for the people who didn't die but still have lost things that I'm sure were important to them. I will write more when I know more about my friends and our house, etc.

Love,
Melissa