[Mari]

Hi,

It will help me if I complain on here.
Thank you for letting me do this.

My sister and bil and my parents evacuated for the hurricane as they were ordered to do. My sister and bil went to his family and my parents went to the desert where they own some property to camp out.

My sis started checking the town web site as soon as the storm passed because she wanted to go home.
The city officials begged people to stay away:
the town has bad roads with downed trees and other debris, no electricty, no services, no hospitals, no police, no fire protection, no open gas stations, no open grocery stores,
and only limited sewage.
The town does have phone service and running water.

So my sis and parents decided to go home. DUH. And my parents did this as far as I know with out so much as checking a newspaper.
My dad did not have a cellphone or access to computer or tv so he did not get info about the damage -- he just got on the road and drove six hours home this afternoon.

Coming home before the evacuation order is lifted is just as stupid as never leaving in the first place.

I know that in the Florida hurricanes the aftermath can be a very dangerous time. More people get killed and injured in the aftermath than in the storms themselves because people get stupid and get hurt by the downed power lines once power starts to come back and by stupid things like generators (Carbon monoxide) or power tools or ladders.

I didn't realize how worried I was about them all weekend until I heard that they made it safely back home.

Now I am still worried.


I just sent out an email to the relatives to tell them that my folks are safe.

But I am annoyed.