Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave author
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:

> At 05:13 PM 8/30/05 -0400, Michael Walsh wrote:
> >One of the folks planning to attend Capclave is
> Andrew Fox.  He was at
> >Bubonicon this weekend.  He live in New Orleans.
> >
> >A posting from him:
>
>http://www.nightshadebooks.com/discus/messages/2922/4882.html?1125421852
> >
> >mjw
>
> What I'm hearing about N.O. isn't sounding good.
> The worst of the storm
> missed them, though they caught the edge pretty
> hard, but now they are
> getting flooding from failed levies...over a story
> in some areas.  Radio
> just said that 80% of the city is under water.  I
> hope the caretaker took
> the cats when he/she evacuated...
>
> Still, it's sounding worse in Mississippi.
> Apparently there are some
> coastal towns that aren't there anymore...
>
> -- Mike B.
>

If Fox left New Orleans ahead of Katrina, he won't be
going home for a long long while. Evacuees may not be
able to return until late September. Of course,
whether there's anything to return to is still an open
question.
My mom is in Gulfport, MS, one of the coastal cities
that isn't al there any more--haven't heard from her
yet, don't know if she's alive or if her house is
smashed to rubble or anything. It's likely to be
awhile before they reestablish any communication with
the Coast so it's going to be a long couple of weeks...

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