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@short+sassy, I hear you on the Katrina thing. It affected H in a really serious way even though he had just moved there for college. He was 17 at the time and suddenly displaced, didn't know if… (View Post)

So you know I grew up in the "carpet capital of the world" right? Wish I was joking, but I'm not. Most of the world's carpet is made in my hometown. My family wasn't in the b… (View Post)

Well I think we can agree that a zombie apocalypse is unlikely! But freak weather events do happen that knock out power for days or destroy entire communities or make it difficult to leave the house … (View Post)

Yeah you never know when you're going to have that kind of crisis. I was in first or second grade during the "blizzard of '93." The storm hit north GA in March of that year, and w… (View Post)

I did this to a larger degree when I lived in an apartment. I was on the fourth floor and tornadoes are a pretty big deal here, so I kept a backpack ready that had my most important papers (passport,… (View Post)