Finally, the sunset. After the storm, there was three days when the power was out everywhere and generators hadn't started up yet and the stars were stunning. The kind of stars that I have not seen since my time in Togo. The kind of stars that make you shut up and stare. Anyways, the one thing that has not changed here, the visual stunner that has always remained consistent is the sight of the clouds turning red over the gulf. Now, if only those weren't the outermost bands of Rita....
This photo by Joshua Norman
posted by Josh Norman at 6:05 PM
13 Comments:
Josh, please get out while you can. I have enjoyed reading your blog every single day, but you need to be out of harm's way. I hope you'll still communicate here, though. We would miss you terribly if you left for good. Thanks for the news... now go!
KC
Beautiful....even in the most tought moments there is beauty!
I've been sick at my stomach ever since they began talking about Rita. When she passed south of Florida, I only got sicker. I'm conflicted about whether or not it'd be nice to have someone in the Galveston area fill us in on Rita like you two did for Katrina. With family all along the Texas coast, I'd just as soon no one be there.
How 'bout Vermont for both of you?
Am enjoying reading your blog. I'm an American living in Malaysia currently, so am enjoying the different perspective offered on a place that hasn't recieved much news coverage, along with the stunning pics and running commentary. Do be careful with the coming storm... your blog will be useless if you aren't around to write it!
Allways there are a rainbow , allways there are a sunset... The picture have an special energy!!!... Mis plegarias estan con uds. Marcos
Go to my web site to see hurricane pics
Nice picture of pre-Rita. We just evactuaded Houston because of Rita. Made it into Huntsville, TX, but the rain is probably going to be bad here too. Not as much wind, but we'll see. This is normally a 1 1/2 hour drive that we made in 5 hours because of traffic. It doesn't look like you'll get rain this time. Lucky!
Sciencelabgirl
never having to live through any natural disaster or any disaster in general as i live in afty of canadian province of ontario it boggles the mind as to how you guys have survived this demon called katrina and to think the gulf coast has to brace itself for rita who is so eeriely similar in size and looks and power to katie it's frightnening. glad you guys survived to tell the story first hand
Rita..headed straight for me. I'm not leaving though...Nowhere to go. The highways are too backed up. If my power stays out too long I may end up going to the Woodlands, providing I can get there. I hope you aren't affected too badly by this new tempest.
Yes, definitely stay safe. very much enjoying your writing and photos, thanks for providing it for us. Godspeed,
Matty
Josh, thanks for sharing these photos and stories. I linked to you a few days after the storm when I started seeing your pictures. I was so moved by all the stories coming out of the gulf coast that I had to go. I found out that my church was sending a team so I got on board. I was down there for a little over a week. I took TONS of pictures. I blogged about it at:
www.relief-report.blogspot.com
Thanks again for your compelling storytelling.
grace and peace, jimmy
http://topnewsblog.blogspot.com/
Good work. Thank you.
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