Thoughts of New Orleans and Biloxi

It is hard to comprehend what happened yesterday. What took man centuries to build was destroyed in a few hours. I keep thinking about past trips to the area. I think about the fantastic Beau Rivage casino resort where I stayed, the tram ride through the historic district of Biloxi, the plantations along the Mississippi, the French Quarter and garden districts in New Orleans, the paddle wheel boat on the Mississippi, the old street cars, the Imax theater and aquarium complex, the hotels and restaurants, the Amtrak train trip from Beaumont to New Orleans and my visit to the Super Dome where I saw the premier of Walt Disney’s movie, The Hunchback of Norte Dame. I just saw the Beau Rivage on CNN. I can hardly allow myself to think about the human suffering. Every hotel room in Beaumont is occupied by people who evacuated. The local humane society arranged for families in Beaumont to care for the pets of the evacuees who are not allowed in hotels and the centers set up for the evacuees.

I am sorry that my post is so rambling but that is the way my brain is functioning today.