I had originally intended this blog to be a part of my fall semester class. Obviously, that is not going to happen the way I intended.
I am currently in Atlanta at my younger sister’s house, finally in a region with water, power, and cell phone access. I am currently using a dial-up connection to the Internet. As soon as possible, I will make this blog public in hopes that web searches may, sooner or later, catch it.
I have no information about Loyola University or its immediate plans.
I left New Orleans Saturday night, went to Laurel, Mississippi, to stay with my 70-year-old mother and 90-year-old grandmother, and I rode out the storm there. After a couple of days of no water or electricity in Laurel, I have now relocated to Jackson, Mississippi, and, from there, to Atlanta.
My family is safe (though my mother/grandmother remain too stubborn to leave Laurel), my daughters are away at college (in New York and Atlanta), and my wife is with me here in Atlanta. Our house (at 41 Chatham) is almost certainly under water and, from what I can tell, a total loss.
I have only today re-accessed the Internet and, so far, I have found few links providing useful information. Television and radio broadcasts remain, at least for me, largely of the talk show variety and, as such, useless. Nola.com has proven most useful and informative in the couple of hours I have been back online — including about a 30-minute stretch at a Krystal hotspot in Tuscaloosa.
The Loyola website and email server — as well as the Cox New Orleans email server — seem down. However, I have been able to use and can be contacted through the following alternate email address.
dummy_dmyers2@hotmail.com
I will try to access some Atlanta hotspots soon.
For all the Loyola folk: Best of luck, godspeed, and post if you somewhere, somehow find this blog.
