{{{hugs}}} The mind takes time to process big events like this and most often that surfaces in your dreams. I hope breakfast was good and that you will have a lovely nap later on...
No, our *house* was fine, more or less--at least compared to most folks--we did have to have some expensive repairs--though we lost a *lot* of trees and our carport completely. But we have nevertheless dithered over moving anyway. I don't really want to, but my husband does, and I have to say his concerns are valid--I don't want him to have to risk life and limb at the hospital during the next storm season either, and as long as he is working at a hospital on the Coast it will be a problem. Still, we couldn't make up our minds, and now the '06 season is nearly upon us...
Yikes! Maybe you're dreams come from all the newspeople reminding us how close we are to a new hurricane season. Let's all pray this year is kinder to the coasts.
Why the delayed nightmares, I don't know. My brother-in-law whose house and property were damaged in a hurricane still has nightmares even during "mere" tropical rains, so I don't think it's unusual. But it still isn't fun.
How awful! For the local media to be having a countdown is dreadful, scaring people like that. Yes, they should have specials about what to do to prepare for hurricane season and lessons learnt from Katrina, but not do things which will traumatise the public even further. Our local media has not done that fortunately - yet.
Well, darn. Yeah, PTSD does odd things, like popping nightmares into your head when you've finally relaxed a bit. Not fun. (see my last post...I do truly understand how weird the human brain can be)
That's odd, because I've had a couple hurricane related dreams last week, which is something I've never had before. Makes me wonder if other people down here are having those kind of dreams right now as well. I'm sure people who've been through the worst of it have had bad dreams about it, but people like us who were "less" traumatized may be having those kind of dreams because hurricane season is coming up real soon.
Our subconscious thingies really do work in funny ways, don't you think? No idea why you'd be dreamikng about that, and just now -- but last night, I dreamed about my step-father and he's been gone (and gladly so) for years now. Our brains our weird.
*Tight hug* How aweful. I'm not a dream interpretator so I can't think what it might mean, if it even has a meaning. Did anything happen during the day that might have brought it to the front of your mind.
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Date: 2006-05-04 10:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 12:33 pm (UTC)Cheese toast and chocolate milk--comfort food, and just what I needed.
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Date: 2006-05-04 11:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 11:42 am (UTC)BTW, did you end up moving after Katrina, or was your house saved? I can't remember...
*more cuddles*
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:40 pm (UTC)No, our *house* was fine, more or less--at least compared to most folks--we did have to have some expensive repairs--though we lost a *lot* of trees and our carport completely. But we have nevertheless dithered over moving anyway. I don't really want to, but my husband does, and I have to say his concerns are valid--I don't want him to have to risk life and limb at the hospital during the next storm season either, and as long as he is working at a hospital on the Coast it will be a problem. Still, we couldn't make up our minds, and now the '06 season is nearly upon us...
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Date: 2006-05-04 11:58 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:40 pm (UTC)(((hugs back)))
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Date: 2006-05-04 11:59 am (UTC)Why the delayed nightmares, I don't know. My brother-in-law whose house and property were damaged in a hurricane still has nightmares even during "mere" tropical rains, so I don't think it's unusual. But it still isn't fun.
Hope the breakfast helped, dear.
*more hugs*
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:41 pm (UTC)Thank you, dear! I just could have done without this one. *sigh*
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Date: 2006-05-04 12:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 02:05 pm (UTC)How awful! For the local media to be having a countdown is dreadful, scaring people like that. Yes, they should have specials about what to do to prepare for hurricane season and lessons learnt from Katrina, but not do things which will traumatise the public even further. Our local media has not done that fortunately - yet.
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Date: 2006-05-04 02:23 pm (UTC)HUG
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Date: 2006-05-04 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 03:12 pm (UTC)Our mind sometimes takes strange roads to cope with what happened.
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Date: 2006-05-04 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 06:49 pm (UTC)But still.
*great big hugs*
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Date: 2006-05-04 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-05 05:36 am (UTC)::Merry and PIppin and all hobbits and me come to hug you::
(((((you))))))