Hurricane

So my brother got hit head-on by some hurricane a few days ago, like the eyewall went over his house, and he hadn't called for a few days. Now it occurs to me that I should have been concerned about that, but for some reason my parents and I just assumed he was okay. Anyway he called today and apparently him and his wife are sort of stranded. They won't get power for three weeks I think, and there is no gas available. Their house is damaged but okay, and all of the trees in the parking lot in front of it got knocked over. If you think about it, it's an amazing thing to be a tall tree in Florida. The trees in front of their apartment were tall. It makes me sad to think that after all these years a hurricane has finally killed them.
I guess they're not getting mail either.
It's not nearly as bad as New Orleans, but still it is interesting that my brother has been stranded for days and I didn't even think about it or care or know.
Interesante.