What makes you feel better? Everyone has their way to cope. Some people go shopping (retail therapy), other people bake cookies (emotional eating)…. and i buy plane tickets (trip therapy). (the cover of my journal when i studied abroad) I discovered Expedia and Orbitz when i was 15 – i had…
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2005: Katrina and Wilma Like i said earlier, Katrina hit us as a mere tropical storm (Floridian translation: typical summer rainstorm with a little extra wind). We almost couldnt believe that the same storm we walked through the middle of to get to class, ended up causing so much damage.…
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September 2004: Hurricane Frances (and consequently Jeanne, and Ivan… and later Karl). It was 3 weeks into college, and only 2 days after our labor day weekend holiday, that we were alerted that Palm Beach Atlantic University would be evacuated in the anticipation of Hurricane Frances. In the true college…
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***Hurricane Katrina, known to the East Coast of Florida as Tropical Storm Katrina, was just another rain cloud that passed us by. It took place during our Welcome Week at School, and i still mourn for the families that endured the treacherous storm as it passed through the gulf and…