We are completely fine. Not a shingle displaced, didn't even get my feet wet. Unbelievable that two and a half hours away, people are fighting for their lives. A number of students of mine (theory, not horn) are from Metarie & Slidell. Some of their families are staying with them on campus, possibly for the next WEEKS until they are allowed back in. They may not have homes to go back to.
Lafayette is the closest large community west of the danger zone, and thousands of people evacuated to here. When every hotel in a 40 mile radius filled, they started putting people in the Cajundome, which is quickly filling to capacity. It holds over 7,000 people.
We enrolled 9 music majors from UNO, Tulane, and Loyola today. Their tuition has been waived for the semester, and we are pairing them with other students and giving them extra help to get them caught up.
Matthew's school bus driver was one of the 300 buses that took the doctors, nurses, and sick from the Superdome to the Astrodome, then came straight to run his school route with little sleep.
Thinking about all of you, and praying for peace & salvation in New Orleans.
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