Below is a report from Forum member Dick Ford in hurricane ravaged Mississippi, who is having difficulty posting to the list. Mary Leah Christmas ----- Original Message ----- 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 >