writes: Talked to Charlie yesterday. He is without power. The hanger and house are fine. They only had a few trees down. Jackson was on the west side of the storm and still had 70-80mph winds out of the north all day. Jackson may be without power for up to 3 weeks. Many of my friends on the coast were not so lucky. Most of them have lost everything. One of my friends who lives north of I-10 managed to get through to me last night. Their house sustained significant wind damage and a lot of trees down. They were lucky. He described looting and the police and emergency svcs running out of gasoline. In his words "We got nuked" A lot of Hancock county where I used to live has been totally destroyed. The people manning the county emergency management center are missing. The last that was heard of them they were swimming out of the center wearing life jackets. Most of the county is low lying and there is a network of highways and bridges that link these communities and they are either impassable or destroyed. The community of Diamondhead where I used to live in is considered "high ground" being 30ft above SL and north of I-10. It was flooded. Picayune Ms (50 miles inland) is reported destroyed. The eye basically went up the Pearl river. The National news is concentrating on New Orleans, but the real destruction is in MS. Entire communities are wiped off the face of the earth. There is no news from the Pearlington, or port Bienville area. I have also heard nothing of the communities along old HWY 90 into New Orleans. Access to this area other than boat or helicopter is non-existent. I hope that most of the people I know evacuated, but fear some of them who weathered Camille and other storms stayed. So far my friend Ron is the only person that I have had contact with South of Copiah county near Jackson. Please Pray for the people in this area. They need it. Monty ======================================== Thanks for the update Monty. Great to hear Charlie came through in good shape compared to the folks SE of him. My heart goes out to the many folks who are suffering with lost lives and property. One feels helpless to do any thing yet, but there are unlimited opportunities in the months ahead to make a difference. Bernie ----__JNP_000_76a8.69f4.62d5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:23:27 -0500 "Monty Roberts" <montyr2157@alltel.net> writes:=

Talked to Charlie yesterday. He is = without power.=20 The hanger and house are fine. They only had a few trees down. Jackson = was on=20 the west side of the storm and still had 70-80mph winds out of the north = all=20 day. Jackson may be without power for up to 3 weeks.

Many of my friends on the coast were not= so=20 lucky. Most of them have lost everything. One of my friends who lives = north of=20 I-10 managed to get through to me last night. Their house sustained=20 significant wind damage and a lot of trees down. They were lucky. He = described=20 looting and the police and emergency svcs running out of gasoline. In his= =20 words "We got nuked" A lot of Hancock county where I used to live has = been=20 totally destroyed. The people manning the county emergency management = center=20 are missing. The last that was heard of them they were swimming out of = the=20 center wearing life jackets. Most of the county is low lying and there is= a=20 network of highways and bridges that link these communities and they are= =20 either impassable or destroyed. The community of Diamondhead where&= nbsp;I=20 used to live in is considered "high ground" being 30ft above SL and north= of=20 I-10. It was flooded. Picayune Ms (50 miles inland) is reported destroyed= . The=20 eye basically went up the Pearl river. The National news is concentrating= on=20 New Orleans, but the real destruction is in MS. Entire communities are = wiped=20 off the face of the earth. There is no news from the Pearlington, or port= =20 Bienville area. I have also heard nothing of the communities along old = HWY 90=20 into New Orleans. Access to this area other than boat or helicopter is=20 non-existent. I hope that most of the people I know evacuated, but fear = some=20 of them who weathered Camille and other storms stayed.

So far my friend Ron is the only person = that I=20 have had contact with South of Copiah county near Jackson.

Please Pray for the people in this area.= They=20 need it.

Monty

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Thanks for the update Monty. Great to = hear=20 Charlie came through in good shape compared to the folks SE of him.=20

My heart goes out to the many = folks who are=20 suffering with lost lives and property. One feels helpless to do any = thing=20 yet, but there are unlimited opportunities in the months ahead to make a= =20 difference.

Bernie

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