Thanks you for your post. This hits home directly for me, as I'm fretting over our trip Halloween week. While it's not hurricanes or other natural disasters, I am kind of in the same boat.
My husband is going through chemo treatments, and originally, he would have been done, and everything working it's way back to normal during the timeframe of my trip, but he had a reaction to one of the drugs right after his 2nd round of treatment, and the regime has to change. Now, his treatments will happen over a longer period of time, and the trip my good Disney buddy and I have planned is in the middle of one of the cycles. He has vehemently insisted that we not cancel the trip, as his sister and my daughter will be around - not staying at the house, but close by and frequently checking in with him. We won't know if he tolerates this new routine, but they tell me that if he DOES have a reaction, it wouldn't be that big of an issue, and we would just adjust treatments again.
I'm totally torn on this...but feel totally guilty. (Headlines read "Wife plays as Disney World while chemo patient husband stays home alone")!!!
We have until Sept 29 to cancel, so we should know more after he has the next treatment.
But then, I wake up in the middle of the night, toss and turn, and think about all those poor people losing so much in Texas and Florida, and fret.
Those poor folks are dealing with life endangerment issues - and hundreds of others have had once-in-a-lifetime trips planned, or severely altered. This (and your post, MommaBerd), all puts things back into perspective for me and helps me remember that if I do have to cancel, it's not the end of the world - all I'll lose is the non-refundable airfare and other monetary savings we gained by getting an AP membership last trip. My Disney Buddy totally understands, and we know that she and I will have other trips.
So, thank you for posting, MommaBerd.