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Today Is Your Day
"Based on the evidence, why was I given this day?"- John O'Donohue That is from John O'Donohue's book of blessings, To Bless the Space Between Us. I think about it every morning. I wonder why I am here. What can I do? He spends a lot of time in the book discussing...
Brief Update
"The past six days in Haines have been traumatic," Mayor Olerud is saying on the radio. My dad and grand daughters are downstairs. I'm up the stairs at my desk, where I have been since this began, matching volunteers to needs and helping the Mayor and his team with...
Family is Family
It's early and I've brewed a cup of coffee in the semi-dark of the Christmas lights, and fed two of the dogs quietly. I let them out the back door, guessed the new snow is about 8-10 inches deep and I know Little Jack, who plows, won't be here. He may have lost his...
Checking In
Some news: Last night more neighborhoods were evacuated due to potential slides. Piedad Road, Cathedral View, friends at 2 Mile, up Menaker Road. Lutak folks have made it to town around the slides out there. Some 50 households are waiting out the weather in town. Just...
A Quiet Busy Day
We wait and hope that nothing worse happens. Some of the people that we thought to be missing have been located, so that's good. Two young people we love are still missing. The house they lived in was destroyed in the Beach Road slide. Coast Guard and search and...
The Morning After
Everyone wants to know what is happening. There isn't much news. It still so early in the morning. I couldn't sleep. Most of us didn't. The search was called off last night because it was too dangerous. It's like we are shattered emotionally and physically. Everything...
State of Emergency in Haines. Floods and Landslides.
We are okay, but Haines is not. So that means no one really is, you know? We are like a family here. People in flood/slide danger zones are staying in motels or with friends and family. There is currently an evacuation by boat of Lutak residents. "Shine a light to...