This has been a hard week, in more ways than one. A friend has breast cancer, my blood pressure has gone bonkers, and Louisville has nearly washed away.
My dear friend has breast cancer. I went with her to meet the surgeon. We liked the doctor, and have confidence in her. Surgery is set up for next Friday, the 14th. The surgeon says this is so early not to worry. I am worried. You don't know until they start cutting.
Because I went with my friend to the surgeon's I did no weddings on Wednesday. So no fun news to report.
Louisville is a mess. My family is OK. Friends are OK. But the city of Louisville has a lot of mud in homes and businesses. Even if we don't live there anymore, we care and we worry.
My blood pressure is way up. After home monitoring, I finally went in for an official Kaiser's blood pressure check. Still up and higher than in May. My doctor has doubled one of my blood pressure medications. Next week I will go in for another check to see if this is working.
But the good news is I have good insurance and Kaiser is on it. Within an hour of my blood pressure check I heard from them. I was called and told what medication to change. I think the thing I really need to do is go back to eating healthy. Marty will have to quit cooking all those dishes that must have gravy. And horrors of all horrors, return to exercise.
Stay tuned.
Showing posts with label Louisville flooding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louisville flooding. Show all posts
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
FLOOD, LOUISVILLE AGAIN A DISASTER AREA
Louisville, Ky is again a major disaster area. In an hour they had 6 to 8 inches of rain today. Last week they had 5 inches in about an hour. And it continued to rain all day today. There was no place for today's rain to go. The ground is saturated. Man hole covers blew from the pressure of ground water. Power went and sump pumps couldn't work to protect homes. And there were high winds to go with this storm. Tall buildings were swaying from the power of the storm.
People were trapped in fast rising water and had to be rescued from the tops of cars and from their homes. The main library had over three feet of water. Thousands of books are ruined. The bookmobiles were under water close to the roofs.
The city and other cities in the area were shut down. Hospitals were evacuated. The police and fire fighters could not keep up with the rescue calls. The University of Louisville had to evacuate several buildings. Horses at Churchill Downs had to be rescued. There are hundreds of stories about this flood. The damage is huge. I placed a link to pictures of the flooding. Since it is from a Louisville TV station I don't know how long it will be valid.
My family and Marty's are OK. They have water in their basements and tree limbs down. But no major damage. They are the lucky ones. This city has had an earthquake, Hurricane Ike, an ice storm, and wind storms all in the last year and a half. And now this. They have been declared a disaster area at least three times. How many times can they come back?
If you have some spare change, send a donation to the Red Cross. They are spread a little thin lately in the Kentuckiana area.
People were trapped in fast rising water and had to be rescued from the tops of cars and from their homes. The main library had over three feet of water. Thousands of books are ruined. The bookmobiles were under water close to the roofs.
The city and other cities in the area were shut down. Hospitals were evacuated. The police and fire fighters could not keep up with the rescue calls. The University of Louisville had to evacuate several buildings. Horses at Churchill Downs had to be rescued. There are hundreds of stories about this flood. The damage is huge. I placed a link to pictures of the flooding. Since it is from a Louisville TV station I don't know how long it will be valid.
My family and Marty's are OK. They have water in their basements and tree limbs down. But no major damage. They are the lucky ones. This city has had an earthquake, Hurricane Ike, an ice storm, and wind storms all in the last year and a half. And now this. They have been declared a disaster area at least three times. How many times can they come back?
If you have some spare change, send a donation to the Red Cross. They are spread a little thin lately in the Kentuckiana area.
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