It's a really strange thing to watch your little home town - the one you haven't lived in for over 10 years - become headline news (the latest victim of global warming and nature's freakiness). My heart goes out to everyone affected by the tornadoes, including the great folks at Ellis Park.
What I learned today from CNN: everyone in Southern Indiana does indeed have a southern accent like Dad's*, and once in a while the media will actually show the midwest without referring to their politics or their religion. There are casualties and great losses, which is difficult and heartbreaking, but I do believe that Evansville is resilient and will handle the tragedy and it's aftermath with respect and expediency.
Aside from the horses lost at Ellis, it looks like our friends and loved ones have been once again spared and blessed (update: some of our loved ones were very very close to the storm, but came through unscratched. Halleluia!). Miracles abound.
Hope you're well.
[*I don't have the accent. Not sure why, but I don't think I ever had it...]
Posted by rightmoon at November 6, 2005 11:28 PMOpera cures accents!Really!Would I make up something like that?Just ask Henry Higgins......
Posted by: genghis-jon at November 8, 2005 04:53 PM