Hurricane Rita

Thank God it wasn't as terrible as it could have been. I have dear friends and family in that part of the country and it was a great relief to hear the news that Rita went from a Category 5 hurricane to a Category 4 to finally, a tropical storm.

Neither Texas nor Lousiana has reported any deaths in the aftermath of the hurricane. Power is still out in parts of Texas and Louisiana, affecting roughly 1.1 million households. A portion of the 2.5-3 million evacuees are returning despite advice from they don't.

3 million evacuees... that's impressive. That is like moving all the residents from Bedok, Tampines, Jurong West, Hougang, Woodlands, Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, and Bukit Batok (approx 56% of the residential population, or 2.4 million residents) to Kualar Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sometimes the world really feels like a stage.