Dodged a Bullet

[saavedra77]

Good news - I've just heard from my former housemate Andrew, lately of New Orleans' 9th Ward: Fortuitously, he left town a week ago Saturday to attend a family get-together in the Adirondacks--a few hours ahead of the actual evacuation--where he's been camped out, ever since.

Andrew's optimistic that his apartment--which sits on relatively high ground--may have escaped the flood waters.  But he says he's "not moving back there"--I guess it feels a bit too much like he dodged a bullet ...

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[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Without a doubt--Andrew's been living in NOLA for almost a decade, now, and the place really suited his character: he's originally from Massachusetts, but his personality is all Bourbon Street. I don't see him fitting in in New England, again, and wherever he ends up, it's going to be hell picking up his whole life and starting again.