Hello email readers,
Something strange happened yesterday: My first-ever post at DirtNKids Blog (this one) magically appeared in my and many other inboxes, but not in the WordPress reader (which is where I read my blogs). The date of the post was what stuck out.
January 14, 2012. Posted yesterday. Just. Weird.
I can’t explain what happened, but man oh man. Did it awaken the blog’s readership! I got phone calls, texts, and even some of my regular not-close-friend followers (who didn’t realize the blog’s age) were keen to comment on the anomaly. A normally sleepy stats page went absolutely berserk which was kind of fun to watch, actually.
Equally strange was this out-of-place pile of flood debris nearby. It is all staged to be compressed into giant bundles — drywall, furnishings, batting, flooring — and delivered straight into a giant hole in the ground. Houston’s curbs still look a whole lot like this (though in miniature), and summing the whole of debris volume for our giant city is just mind-blowing.
Sad, Sad Pile Of Trash
Thanks for rattling my cage in whatever manner that suits you best. It’s nice being back in touch with you all again. Cheers!
~ Shannon @ DirtNKids
DirtNKids Blog 
Wow. That’s a lot of trash!
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This is one of MANY, and more than a month after the storm now, there are still mini-piles in front of hundreds of homes dotted around Houston. Disaster, I tell you.
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Oh, my!
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So weird how that happened the other day. But what a nice surprise.
It will take years for people to recover from this year’s hurricane season and some may never fully recover😢
We should all count out blessings… and never forget “There by the grace of God go I…”
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Indeed. Was just visiting with a Rockport native. They got it so much worse than we did, and funding has all but dried up (with Houston Harvey, Irma, and now Maria). It’s a good thing Homo sapiens are resilient and persistent animals. But it’ll be a long haul for so many.
Counting blessings … one … two …
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WordPress is always full of surprises, isn’t it? Now it even starts time-travel – all by itself! 😉
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Agreed, Pit. WordPress has introduced me to some wonderful folks, in and out of Texas. Glad you’re along for the ride!
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Ah, the mysteries of WordPress. They’re a never-ending source of frustration or amusement. Whatever happened, I enjoyed the post!
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Thanks, Linda! And I am equally glad to continue with WordPress, however wacky it sometimes is.
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