Not a good traveling companion

[mojosmom]

Received the following message on one of my listservs:

"i was in new orleans from sat - sun . . . my 8/29 sentencing in gulfport where i was to drive to on sun was, of course, cancelled - my local counsel just emailed me and told me his entire office was destroyed - my drive from downtown new orleansto the airport took 6 hours - bumper to bumper evacuation traffic - drive is typically 25 minutes - i got the last seat on the last flight out before the airport shut dowm . . . p.s. i had just moved to san francisco in aug '89 when the loma pietra earthquake struck in oct; at the mcc [Metropolitan Correctional Center] n.y. 1/2 mile from ground zero on 9/11 and in israel when the iraqis in the little remembered 2d gulf crisis were threatening to bomb with poison gas warhead scuds - note to all listmates :don't travel with me - alan"

Comments

[yokospungeon.livejournal.com]

I was tempted to say 'what an unlucky chap' but then I considered that he has been through all that and survived, so actually, he's probably got a pretty hardcore Guardian Angel and I wouldn't mind travelling with him at all...!

[annulla.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'm not a very good traveling companion myself. Or perhaps if Alan and I traveled together, peace and calm would prevail over the earth.

[cathepsut.livejournal.com]

Yeah, some people are like that. I have a colleague who was on Bali, when the tsunami struck. And then he was in Sharm, when those bombs went off. Didn't notice a thing in both cases. I will still travel in the other direction from now on...