I am terrified of natual events like tornados and hurricanes and eartquakes. To this date I've only ever been present for a Tropical Storm, so it's nothing like Hurricane Katrina that has her terrifying little eye on New Orleans.

Just reading the news reports about the Louisiana highway being packed with residents trying to leave and the city offering shelter in the Superdome makes me nervous for the people down there. Major Man used to be stationed at Camp Shelby, which, I believe is at the south end of Mississippi - also within the storm's projected path.

Now I have been thinking about a certain person who lives just outside Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, MS. It's Major Man's ex-girlfriend of all people. The one that phoned me up last Halloween to call me all sorts of nasty names.

And call me a totally nutter... but I get concerned for the people down there, and yes, it includes her! I asked him yesterday if maybe he should call her, but he said that no, she would be fine, she's lived there her whole life.

Ok, so I'll let it go, but I will still keep her in my prayers, dammit, even if she did call me a trashy so-and-so.

As the world turns.....