Subj : Re: Safe!
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:19:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

K wrote:

> I just heard from my housemate, and our friend from New Orleans is
> safe somewhere in Mississippi right now.  It sounds like he
> managed to get out with his car between the storm hitting and the
> levees breaking, by driving through the apartment complex and over
> peoples' yards.  He was stuck for four days before FEMA let him
> cross some bridge (hearing this second hand, so I don't know
> which), and he's been sleeping in his car for a week.  Now he's
> trying to get some gas and get someplace to get back on his feet. 
> His apartment had five feet of water in it when he left
> (fortunately, he's about a foot and a half taller than that), so I
> don't know how much he managed to get out with him.  But he's
> alive, and now we're in touch with him, so we can help him out
> with whatever he needs. 

That's good to hear.  
Not that your friend will want to but beginning tomorrow at 6 am they 
are going to let some people go back in to get some items they left 
behind but may need.  There will be a 6 pm curfew and they will have to 
be back out by Wednesday.

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