in gratitude after Hurricane Rita

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya dear sisters and brothers in Amma,

 

Well, the front page headline on today's newspaper

here in Austin reads "RELIEF AFTER RUIN."

 

I think that sums up how many of us in the area are

feeling now. Hurricane Rita was destructive, to be

sure, but we feel very thankful for what this

hurricane was not.

 

A few days ago the weather forecasters told us there

was no doubt that Rita would only strengthen as it

passed over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico; it

seemed destined to make landfall as a Category 5

hurricane. It also seemed to be headed straight for

Galveston and then Houston, the fourth largest city in

the U.S. Just outside of Houston is one the country's

largest and oldest nuclear power plants. In Galveston,

there is a University of Texas medical lab where the

deadliest viruses in the world are stored. And...the

Texas coast is lined with oil refineries and chemical

plants, all of which store hundreds of lethal

chemicals and gases that could have traveled hundreds

of miles if they had escaped from storage.

 

Without a doubt, it made an enormous difference that

Hurricane Rita made landfall not as a Category 5

hurricane, but as a Category 3 hurricane.

 

So here is what I really want to say to you all: THANK

YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all of your prayers.

>From the heart of my heart, thank you for your

selfless service in the form of your prayers. Those

prayers summoned much Divine Grace, and have truly

lessened the suffering.

 

In humble gratitude to you all,

Amala