Ping wayno/Katrina

Imagine my surprise to be riding down a residential street...well, a
foundational street, anyway...in Hancock County, MS and seeing "ROWAN
COUNTY" on the side of a LEO vehicle. Yep, a couple of young deputies
from Rowan County, NC. Don't know names as there isn't a lot of
chit-chat time, but wayno, if you can find out their names, I'd be
almost as appreciative of that as I am of them...actually, no, I
wouldn't be _almost_ so, but I would be appreciative, nonetheless. Must
be a whole NC contingent as there were almost some "PeeDee Electric
Co-op" or some such (from NC as well) roaming around, too. Thanks to
all from NC and everywhere else who are down here helping.

IAC, things are getting better down here. As to NO, the Vieux Carre
and the CBD in NO are really eerie - military/Guard, out-of-uniform
cops, and the stupidest ****ing reporters ever to be handed a mic: "So,
for the 412th time today, are you tired and will NO ever be the same?"

On the MS coast, things continue to improve for many - power, phone
service, stores and gas stations opening, etc. And please, when you
think of all this, if you think of all this, remember, the MS coast got
hit as hard, or harder, as NO and there's a lot of destruction and need
there, too. And not just Biloxi/Gulfport, as shown on TV. Waveland, on
the western side, is about gone, and beautiful little Bay St. Louis is
trashed. On the eastern side, Pascagoula suffered extensive damage.

And again, if anyone reading this needs anything down here and can get
me an email, I'll do what I can.

TC,
R