Email: News from Mr. Houston [SS]
Sorry to disappoint, but I had my hands full taking care of my own business: meeting a Wednesday work deadline, [taking] two days to prepare for evacuation, and getting away for a couple of days. When you evacuate, you don't bring much (just what you can carry yourself), but you prepare for the worst before you leave. (Imagine you were told this Wednesday that a tornado might possibly punch in all your windows and rip off your roof at 2 am next Saturday morning, and flood your place with at least six inches of water, depending on your location; where would you put and how would you protect all your belongings?) Because of the traffic gridlock and gas shortage, at one point it looked like I would have to walk six miles to the staging point for my group's evacuation in three cars (leaving behind [our] food [if not] Molley [herself]), but traffic lightened up later on the back streets.
Your creativity can make airy spaces come alive with your own spirit, which will be inviting to others.
I love the storms that drive the North Shore of Lake Superior! Have you ever seen The Shipping News? That's set in Newfoundland.
posted by Twerpette @ 11:30 AM
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Most tornados don't give warning -- like the ones in north Twin Cities suburbs last Wednesday evening.
And, BTW, the book, THE SHIPPING NEWS, is far superior to the movie, which altered the characters. The movie's only virtue was to let one see the real Newfoundland setting.
Tornadoes, true; but then my aim was to provide a suitable comparison *if* they had warnings, since the north clearly doesn't have hurricanes.
Books generally are superior to movies, because they provide greater "bandwidth" (breadth and depth); movies are usually about the visuals, not the ideas (including character development).
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