Hurricane Georges

[MEHemsley@xxxxxxx]

Les:

Thanks for your concern, and for that of anyone else who thought about us here
on the Mississippi coast during Hurricane Georges.  Les, you must be up on
your news...knowing about Georges way down there in KiwiLand!

Georges was initially looking bad for us in Bay St. Louis, but it turned east
the night before landfall.  It went ashore about 30 miles east of us.  That
was lucky for us, but bad for Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula.  Not too
much damage here.  The Spider is fine...none of the oak tree limbs got through
the garage roof.  The storm was more of an inconvenience for us than anything
else.  Not so for those east of here.  Considerable damage to our east, and
flooding continues to be a problems even for areas not hit directly by the
storm.  

It could have been worse, and has been for this part of the coast.  In August,
1969, Hurricane Camille (Category 5 with sustained winds over 200 mph) went
ashore in Pass Christian...6 miles from the house I now live in.  That was a
bad storm, but this house made it through.  Thankfully, we have considerable
elevation here...over 20 feet!

Again, thanks for the concern.

Mike from Mississippi

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