I had never seen
this blog --
motto: "searching for truth & justice (in an unjust world)"-- before, but Ernie is a New Orleans attorney who's been blogging for at least two years-- that makes him a blogging elder, I believe.
He has some fascinating posts from the front lines. Here's a sample quote: "I don't know what to say. I guess I'm too stunned. Maybe I'll get angry soon, but right now I'm just trying to reorient my frame of mind. I keep looking around for the 'reboot' button."
More below the fold . . .
Ernie's blog (or "blawg") offers thoughtful and well-written perspectives on this week's events, such as this small but telling observation (emphasis is mine):
Obviously, we are fortunate and the change in our lives is not anything like the horrible change that others will face. Still, from my limited perspective it is quite interesting to consider how this change affects kids. My kids are used to being around a highly connected world where they can IM their friends and use computers. Now they are in a rural setting, and their cellphones don't work very well. They can text message me and some of their friends, but that's about it. My older daughter Bridget celebrated her 16th birthday party on Saturday at my house with about 15 of her close friends. Yesterday she started school in a completely different city and she has no idea where some of her friends from her birthday party are.
This poignant entry marvels at how a homeless man of his acquaintance weathered the storm:
(W)e hoped he had moved his car and gotten to a safe location.
Turns out he hadn't moved his car at all. But when the storm was over we looked and saw the car exactly where it always was. Unscathed. We talked to Bill and tried to figure out where he had ridden out the storm; he wasn't really able to articulate what he had done, but apparently he didn't sit in his car. God only knows where he went.
Going through this week as a mere observer has been like taking hammer blows to the soul-- I am amazed that those who have lived through it are able to put their thoughts together in any semblance of sanity. Ernie the Attorney does much more than that-- his blog is worth a visit.