Posted on 09/03/2005 12:14:55 PM PDT by Cedar
well...finally...bet you have been steamed.....what a way to start your new life down South.
my apologies
glad you didn't get blown off the hill onto Grant's ditch
Oh yeah, quite a way to start off...lol. At least I haven't been blamed. :) Hadn't finished unpaking, so when the power went out, it really was like a nightmare camping trip from Hell.
I must tell you, I think I'll take an earthquake over a hurricane. I have NEVER seen rain clouds move so fast, and the howl of the wind is uniqueand eerie. We lost several limbs, but no huge branches. On one side, the trees look like winter... stripped of almost all their leaves, but all of the squirrels survived and the yard was filled with hungry birds the very next morning.
listening to NPR normally makes my blood boil. Listening to it in a crisis would indubitably send me through the roof.
NPR was so maddening, bourbon, that if I'd had a spare radio, I would have smashed this one several times!
One time I was driving between Tuscaloosa and Jackson on I-20. It was during the Bosnian War, and I heard an NPR correspondent interviewing a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) correspondent regarding the situation on the ground in Serbia.
The CBC correspondent said to the NPR correspondent without the slightest hint of self-awareness that Slobadan Milosevic was using state-owned media to put forth a steady stream of pro-government propaganda. At that poin, I started laughing so hard that I almost drove off the road.
Prayers for Mississippians.
That could have been really dangerous had you hit the wrong pothole. :) Love that Yazoo clay. There was one really bad spot that I always was careful about. It was in between Forest and Meridian. Back in those days I would actual drive above the speed limit. I once made it to Tuscaloosa in 2 hours. :)
My sister-in-law said they took their three cars and filled them all up. I'm not sure where they went, but it had to be in Jackson, and she didn't say anything about how long it took. She was just so happy to have gas in all three cars. They have been housing a teenage friend of my nephew because his family's home has no power. S-in-l's parents were eating with them tonight because even though they have power, they have no groceries. She said they are housing people all over Jackson in churches and the Coliseum, and lots of other places.
Walk to church????
Walking to church would be possible, but highly dangerous especially toting a 15 mos. old and a 2 mos. old. There are 2 major roads between us and our church.
Thanks for the update. My folks are in Picayune. Heard from them about an hour after Katrina went through and they and their home were well. Have heard nothing since.
It was just a thought. :)
Thanks pollyg107
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3802127&nav=2CSfe6Nr
The gas shortages have caused some criminals to go to extremes. Hinds County EOC director Larry Fisher says that overnight Thursday two gas tanker trucks were hijacked on their way into Mississippi . State officials may now have to provide security and escort them to gas stations.
"There was another distribution point somewhere in Georgia , and they were coming across. There was one coming out of Texas . They both got stopped at a road block. They were hijacked, the gasoline taken away from them. This gas is being sold as high as 20 dollars a gallon," said Fisher.
So far, the hijacked fuel trucks or the people who stole them have not been located.
State officials may now have to provide security and escort them to gas stations.
May? I'd say, ABSOLUTELY.
Oh my.
THAT is rich. Count on me to repeat your story!
Sorry, I've been away from the computer, just getting back.
I'm originally from MS, but at the present in Arkansas (but MS will always be home to me).
"In MS, some unknown number of the dead will never be found, washed out to sea"
That's what my 91-year-old aunt said (who incidentally is from MS but worked for the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans for 18 years).
So glad you at least heard from your folks early on. Guess all the city services are down there now.
A friend of mine has family near Shivers (close to Mendenhall) -- she had not heard from them at all still on Thursday, but hopefully by now she has. I haven't been back in touch with her yet.
Do you know anything about the Mendenhall/Prentiss area? Also, I've been wondering about Natchez and how those antebellum homes made it? An early report sounded okay for Natchez, but don't know if it was verified.
Would you like to be on the MS ping list?
Yes, that would be great. Thanks.
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