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  • From: dabeck AT iupui.edu
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Teresa <ttbrader AT mindspring.com>
  • Cc: Literary and Philosophical Discussion <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] hurricane in Lancelot
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:30:26 -0500


Thanks, Teresa for your first-hand insights. I appreciate it. They give me a
better "feel" for the situation.
-David

Quoting Teresa <ttbrader AT mindspring.com>:

> I don't know how many hurricane scares your new student has been through
> in her lifetime, and I can only speak to this question from a personal
> viewpoint.
>
> That quote from /Lancelot /about enjoying hurricanes ... I understand it
> because of past experiences -- from when I was a child up until the one
> before Katrina, I guess. (I am 43 years old.) If your student has
> experienced past hurricane threats (before Katrina), she may understand
> the feeling Percy talks of. Katrina was different, though, and that may
> be all she can think of right now.
>
> When we first heard that Friday night/Saturday morning that a hurricane
> was headed our way, I admit that I felt a pleasurable anticipation of
> being snug inside with my husband while the bad weather rattled around
> outside. But as the news changed and New Orleans was put under
> mandatory evacuation (first time ever) that Sunday morning, the
> anticipation was pleasurable no longer. I felt dread. The dread
> deepened as the night lengthened. I have never felt that way with any
> other hurricane.
>
> I'd imagine that for your student, as with most everyone else around
> here -- whether they have not been back home or whether they have been
> able to come back, as I have -- her emotions are raw and right there,
> ready to spill out. I have not had one 'good' cry, but then my eyes
> well up instantly and I hurt at just about everything I see and hear
> nowadays. It may be the same for her.
>
> Not really a suggestion, I know ...
>
> Teresa
>
> dabeck AT iupui.edu wrote:
>
> >Still, I wonder how she will see the whole hurricane effect and the
> hurricane in
> >Lancelot.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
>






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