Quote of the Day

[kyra_ojosverdes]

From a coworker who doesn't know me all that well (meaning we don't hang out and chat much because she's insanely busy and rarely in the front office), regarding Hurricane Katrina: "When I first heard the name I thought 'how weird, because Katrina is such an uncommon name, and so what are the chances that I'd know someone with the same name as this incredibly destructive hurricane'... and then I thought 'well, it is somehow fitting, because you're definitely a force of nature to be reckoned with.'"

... I ... uh?

I'd actually been eyeing the "Reflections of a Sentient Tornado" (credit for phrase goes to kahnman) link text on my LJ and thinking it might just be time to change that.

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Is Katrina really an uncommon name where you are?

I am only asking because it's not that uncommon here. I mean, it's not common, but also not particularly strange either.

[redrita.livejournal.com]

Actually, the name of this hurricane has seemed quite apt to me the whole time. My guilty confession is that I was kind of cheering it on to make landfall at a high Category. Yes, I realize that many, many people have died and more are dying because of this, so it wasn't really a good thing to cheer for. And I really, really hope that mass evacuations are started up again very soon. Those people need help now! If I could open my home to evacuees (sp?), I would, but getting them to Idaho might be difficult.

However, the fact that one of the most powerful and destructive storms in U.S. history has the name of my powerful sister who is going through terrible angst at the moment... I don't know... it just seems appropriate. Kind of a physical manifestation acknowledging the trouble that you are going through.

I never claimed to be rational -- just unique.