Below is a report from Forum member Dick Ford in hurricane ravaged
Mississippi, who is having difficulty posting to the list.

Mary Leah Christmas

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From: "Dick Ford" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Mary Leah Christmas" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: New Orleans - 1927 and 2005

>
> Hi, I can't send to the mark twain list from this laptop. Please forward
> to the group if you think it is useful.
>
> We're doing ok for now. No power. Water came back last night; internet
> came back this morning; still can't call out; mother and grandmother
> evacuated to Kosciusko MS; neighbors let us borrow their generator to try
> and save the deep freeze food; we have plenty of water and food; basement
> stays cool during heat of the day; gasoline is hard to get; people brought
> us gas and drinking water and ICE; angels; so far so good; I need conserve
> computer battery; more later when things improve. Dick Ford in Mize MS
>