Hurricane!

Like last year's tsunami, it's difficult to imagine all the damage from Hurricane Katrina.

Being from the midwest, hurricanes are a frightening and completely foreign concept to me. Tornadoes, sure, no problem, you sit in the basement and listen to the radio and it blows over. Moving to the east coast raised my awareness a bit. Oh, sure, we had some minor flooding in downtown Baltimore during Hurricane Isabel two years ago — my kitchen window dribbled rainwater for an hour and my nerves were scrambled — but cars floating away? Perching on shingles waiting for a helicopter? Not part of my reality.