"George" wrote in message
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This disaster is hard to take being filtered through the news media. You
wonder how well you would do in that situation.

Well my I and my family being in Southern Mississippi I can tell you how we
are doing, including my 14 year old daughter. First there is no Power, so we
use a Generator. No AC, so we sleep with the windows open. Trees down on the
house, the guy with a crane and chainsaw is coming today, 1800 dollars to
remove trees. No TV in Hattiesburg, so reading books and playing board
games. The pool pump dont work but as loong as its shocked and clear we can
still use the pool. No food but the SA and RC are feeding Lunch and Dinner
every day. Some things are back to normal by now though, Almost all the
restaraunts are open and a lot of the city has power again. Insurance agents
are arriving en masse, daughters house has $20,000 in damage but no other
losses except for 5 giant pines. This isnt the first time for me, I was
raised in Maryland and lived there when Agnes went through in 72, I was a
boyscout and we were called out to do cleanup, saw everything first hand. In
the last 10 years we had damage and power knocked out by both Danny and
George. The biggest problem right now is no gas, we were able to put in 5
gallons but the president has got to get this fuel problem under control
along with everything else.