Hurricane Katrina...storm of the century?

Easily the most costly hurricane in U.S. history and possibly the deadliest, Katrina, has come and gone and left its damage. The effects were so widespread that my power here at Campus Creek was knocked out for nearly 24 hours and even power in Memphis was out in many spots most of the day today.

Damage on the coast is indescribable. The situation in New Orleans is only getting worse as the water continues to rise in the city. The pictures coming across the AP wire today show casinos that were lifted by the seas and carried across Highway 90 and sat down on top of existing hotels. Water has filled the streets of New Orleans and bodies have been seen floating along the surface. The loss of life in Mississippi is staggering. The death toll in New Orleans is uncountable at this point.

Here is just a small glimpse of what perhaps the worst hurricane in history left here in the town of Oxford...which is over five hours from the coast:

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Back in Oxford

Well, after about three months in the Ozarks of Missouri, I am now back in Oxford. At Kanakuk, a high-intensity Christian sports kamp organization with eight kamps in Missouri and Colorado, I had the opportunity to work with kids ages 7-11 the first half of the summer and high school kids the last half of the summer. Needless to say, the high school kids were a little more fun and K-2 was a little more exciting, but it was all good. I know for sure that I'll miss all the relationships with so many kids that I developed, especially at K-2.

The last day of camp was marred by a fire that swept through the girls side of camp, destroying eight of the 20 girls' cabins and two bathhouses. But the bright side is that the last kid left about an hour before it happened and they had planned on
doing some renovations anyway.

I've got a lot to do this week before school starts, but hopefully I'll get a more thorough update on here soon.

My laptop's hard drive is sick right now, so it may be awhile before I can starting making some frequent posts again. In the meantime, check out just a fraction of my pictures from the summer by clicking on the link in the post below (July 27: Summer Update Part II).