Good news: I FOUND MY AUNT and 19yo & 2yo COUSINS!!!
Well, I haven't actually "found" them, but they have made contact and they are alive.
Bad news: They are in that massive crowd at the Convention Center and my cousin stated that the baby hasn't had anything to eat except potato chips and that was on SUNDAY!!
My mom and I jumped on the road early this morning to ride to Houston. On the way, we found out that they had made contact and stated that they were still at the Convention Center, so we turned around. The saddest thing is that I know that thousands of families are willing to drive back to New Orleans to get their loved ones, but we aren't allowed back in. We just have to sit and wait and listen to all these horrible stories on the news when we KNOW that we can go and get them. They are waiting for buses that aren't coming. I know that people haven't slept in days for fear of being robbed, raped, or killed. I can't stand to watch TV anymore....
Dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, and others are still missing. As we call other family members to check if they have heard from anyone, we learn of someone new that stuck around. It never ends. I even learned today that our chapter president stayed in N.O.
What is going on?
The President.... *sigh* Can New Orleans get 1/8 of the concern that was paid to Terri Shiavo? Iraq? John Roberts? People are DYING in the streets. Let the looters have everything they want in that city. Just get the people who want to live up out of there!