A Spared And Deserted Houston

New Orleans, U.S.A. - September 24, 2005

By Gods grace and to many people's amazement, Hurricane Rita weakened and changed course before landfall. After seeing the devastation caused by Katrina first hand, we cannot be thankful enough that Houston was spared. The chaos and devastation would have been unimaginable. We have heard that 2.5 Million residents left Houston and it shows. Eight lane roads have all but a few vehicles here and there, parking lots completely vacant and many shops boarded up and windows taped. Tomorrow we will head to Baton Rouge to deliver 500 sanitary packs left over from the surplus at the Convention Center.