back to normalcy

While I enjoy showing pictures of my children to complete strangers and friends alike, I am going to attempt to get back to normal.

It would appear that another hurricane is pounding the gulf coast, and after the tremendous loss of life and property from Katrina, one would think that people would take these things seriously...one would be wrong.
Many are choosing to ride out the storm (sound familiar?) despite the efforts by state and local authorities to evacuate. The obvious lesson learned is to have buses ready to take people out that cannot evacuate themselves (and they are doing that). The next lesson is that the people should evacuate when they are told to...