I'm so glad, George! I didn't know exactly what area you lived in, but
thought you were closer to New Orleans. I have family in NE Mississippi,
Tupelo to be exact, and haven't heard anything, but I know that area was
not hit severely. I cannot begin to imagine the scope of recovering from
this.

Wayne

On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:22:14p, George Shirley wrote in rec.food.preserving:

> No problems, came ashore 200 miles east of us. Bright sunshine, no rain,
> very little winds here. Look at a map of Louisiana and Texas, there's a
> small city, Sulphur, LA, that's where we live, about 30 miles from the
> Texas border on I10. We were surrounded by refugees from the storm but
> had no problems ourself. If Katrina had swung a little more to the west
> we were prepared to head north or west to outrun her but didn't need to.
> I'm very glad I'm no longer in the emergency and rescue business though.
> I think the death toll in Louisiana and Mississippi is going to be
> pretty high.
>
> George
>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> George,
>>
>> I'm glad to see you posting. How did you fare in the aftermath of the
>> storm? Thought of you the whole time.
>>
>
>



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