"Wayne Knight" wrote: "But just a reminder, two of ROFF's more frequent
posters reside in the areas. Richard Dean and the poster who went by Sarge."

I made it through okay. I left and went to Hot Spring, Arkansas and was
jammed in a motel for a couple days with my wife and one of my kids. My
sister-in-law and her adult animal children were in another room. I was
able to escape the misery by driving south to a small town called Bismarck
and visit with some friends. We went four wheeling in the mountains behind
his home and out to eat. The next day it rained on and off.

Could not handle it anymore and head home to find no damage, no electricity,
no water, telephone or cable TV. My other sister-in-law lives near by and
she had left town also. Went to check her place and she had electricity and
the works. Decided to holed up there. She lives in a two bedroom
apartment. This would have worked out fine since she said she was going to
stay where she was at but my wife called her other sister and her parents
and told them where we were at and the situation.

Next thing I know we have ten adults in a two bedroom apartment.

I got lights back tonight at my house and my father-in-law got lights back
so we all came home.

Other then having trouble getting gasoline without waiting for an hour or
two everything is fine. Did managed to find a gas station today with no
line. It was in a small community way off the beaten path. They did not
even have a line.

Groceries are fine since we went shopping in Hot Springs before we came
home. Bought five hundred dollars worth of can goods and some meat that I
could keep in an ice chest for a few days. There are lines at the grocery
stores and the shelves are bear according to my daughter. They are limiting
customers in the store at one time and how much you can purchase.

It is amazing how much less damage 25 miles West of New Orleans got compared
to New Orleans.

Sarge