Realizing that we were close to Missouri on our trip back from the University of Chicago, we decided to take a detour from our journey south and are now in Branson, Missouri. We made it as far as Sullivan, Missouri last night, spent the night at [lost], and drove on in. My aunt and uncle…

It is difficult to believe that it now has been several days since the hurricane. Cleanup trudges on as ever. I am so worn out from working today that I barely feel like I have to energy to sit here at my desk. This entry will be short since I have to drive to Rick’s…

Hurricane Claudette, The Aftermath 10:07 AM Dad arrived in the early hours of the morning. It was still dark aside, and i was deeply tired, but I was able to tell that the clouds have cleared enough that we could now see the moon. After we woke up, we managed to get a small generator…

12:45 The electricity just went off and we are hoping that we didn’t lose anything as we did in one of the previous storms. Mom and I were standing outside, and I turned to go back in the house. I saw the lights come on and off three times and then all within the house…

Although the sky outside is beautiful and clear, we are currently waiting for Tropical Storm Claudette to come ashore. The storm’s winds are now measured as being 65 miles per hour, and the weathermen are saying that it should turn into a hurricane by the time it reaches the Texas coast. We did not always…