Avoiding Hurricanes

Hurricane Katrina's invasion of New Orleans hits close to home because it reminds me of my own experiences of having Hurricane Frederick, a smaller magnitude storm, pass right overhead one night while I was in Mobile, in May of 1979.

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Avoiding Hurricanes, A Limerick

Hurricanes as a rule are no fun
And when over hard work's just begun
What with fallen down trees
Water up to your knees
You might wish out of town that you'd run!

Then the storm itself makes you upset
It's not just that you get all wet:
If your windows blow out,
All your clothes fly right out,
And you'd better hang on to your pet!

During Frederick we got quite a fright
We could hear pine trees snapping all night
It kept us awake
For we heard trees break
Until just before we saw sunlight.

I hope that in old New Orleans
This storm is not bad as it seems
The attack it could levy
Could be tragic and heavy
And I'd miss my beignet cafe creams.

So let's pray for Kingfish's City
Named after the Saint, oh so pretty
She faced tough battles too
And God saw her through
So perhaps on her town He'll take pity.

Well that's the end of these rhymes
As I think of many good times
And the friends that I've made
And not at parades!
I pray for them with these few lines.

Good luck y'all, especially, all those I know down in Thibodaux (go E.D. White!), N.O., Gulf Shores, Pascagoula, Mobile, Pensacola and anywhere else affected by the storm.

Peter

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