Letter from My Sister

Good news, the water stopped 2 INCHES short of entering my other sister's trailer. I'd like to take a look at the odds on that one.

I'm hoping that the water does not adversely affect the underside of the trailer so that it remains habitable. The folks seem to think that it is OK.

My Sister lives up the road from my parents on higher ground. This is an old trailer that my parents bought and rent out to my sister, and is accompanied by another old trailer that we rent to Tim and Sue, a handicapped vet and his wife, who are long-time friends of my parents. Tim suffers from illnesses related to Agent Orange (Vietnam) and Sue has debilitating arthritis, so we are relieved that their trailer was also saved by a matter of inches. We are thanking God right now for small miracles.

Below is a letter I recieved from my Sister, who because of her recent hysterectomy has moved from the shelter to a friend's house. Forgive her fixation on cap locks.

I AM AT THE LIBRARY IN ST. MARTINVILLE. I AM STAYING WITH LORI. WADE WENT OFFSHORE THIS MORNING.
I AM FINE AND HAD NO DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER.

MOM AND DUD JUST ABOUT LOST EVERYTHING. INCLUDING THE TRAILER. WATER GOT INTO IT. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THEY COULD GO BACK THERE TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THEY HAD. IT WAS SO SAD. I STILL WANT TO CRY JUST THINKING OF THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES. ALL DUD COULD DO WAS WALK AROUND AND SEE WHAT COULD BE SAVED. IT ISN'T VERY MUCH. THEY LOST THE BIG CHEST FREEZER IN THE BLUE STORAGE TRAILER. THE WATER WAS SO DEEP IN THERE IS ACTUALLY FLIPPED THE FREEZER. ME AND WADE HAD GONE IN HER HOUSE SATURDAY AFTER THEY LEFT AND PICKED UP SOME THINGS LIKE HER COMPUTER AND FAMILY PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO AT LEAST SHE STILL HAS HER PICTURES AND COMPUTER. SHE IS SO SAD. BUT MR. RICE TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS BETTER TO JUST GET RID OF THE TRAILER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE OF THE BACTERIA AND MOLD THATS IN IT FROM THE WATER. I TOLD MOM THAT ME AND WADE WOULD MOVE OUT OF THE RENT TRAILER SO THEY CAN HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE AND SHE DON'T WANT US TO DO THAT. I AM NOT GONNA SIT IN A TRAILER WHILE MY PARENTS ARE IN A SHELTER. SO IF U TALK TO HER, PLEASE TRY TO TALK SOME SENCE INTO HER. JUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO HURT HER FEELINGS, ALL SHE DOES IS CRY AND WORRY. SHE SAID SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME AND WADE AND TIM AND SUE, I TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT US, WE CAN FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO US. BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT MOM AND DUD. THEY ARE NOT HEALTHY TO BEGIN WITH AND THIS IS NOT HELPING. MOM'S BLOODPRESSURE IS UP AND HER ASMA IS BOTHERING HER. AND U KNOW DUD DON'T SAY NOTHING CUZ IF HE DID IT WOULD ONLY WORRY MOM EVEN MORE.
WELL, I GOTTA GO. I LOVE U. JUST WANTED TO LET U KNOW WE ARE OK. I WILL BE BACK SOMETIMES TOMORROW TO CHECK MY EMAIL SO IF U GET THIS, SEND ME A MESSAGE.
I TOOK ALOT OF PICTURES, WHEN I AM ABLE I WILL EMAIL THEM TO U.

LOVE U
MISS U

SIS