McIlhenny Company has survived Hurricane Rita and will post more information once full power has been restored to our Corporate Office and Manufacturing Facility on Avery Island, Louisiana.
Both the Rapides Parish public and Catholic schools were still closed today and they won't make a determination until later this afternoon about Wednesday. Some of the factors cited are unsafe water (Alexandria is still under a boil order), lack of diesel fuel for the school buses, spoiled cafeteria food and several schools still being used to shelter evacuees.
Although I know this is a nightmare for working parents, I hope they won't rush to reopen the schools. I keep picturing children who won't stay away from the water fountains, especially when we are still under a heat advisory. Also, I wonder about the pressure in the toilets and what water source would be used to prepare meals. It's been reported that these miserable conditions have caused a few fights among the evacuees at the Rapides Parish Coliseum, so I hate to think about similar factors in the schools.
The kids who live in my apartment complex are wandering around bored and cranky today, but still it's better than having them come down with some nasty gastrointestinal illness from exposure to unclean water!
Thanks for the Tabasco update!!
Oh, thank you dear Blessed One. That wench Rita can hit this part of Texas all she wants, but don't mess with my Tabasco Sauce!