Wife and child ok lost a lot of trees and lost power no cooking and no phones House survived but just , lost my 110 yr old wisdom tree 60 ft with a 5 ft base Just missed Peanuts room sleeping in no a/ac but so is everyone else ..there is a run on gas and ammo just now were the lucky ones pray for New Orleans ,,,Biloxi too 100,000 people on the move Marshall law must be declared ..orders are pending to get the press out and get the job done ..(we do not want to see those images) more later after we can access and get a plan on the basics PS Historic Beavoir Library survived so did much of Natchez ,the classic ante bellum costal homes including Frank Lloyd Wright cottage for Louis Sullivan are gone unsure of the Museums in Ocean Springs The Southern Baptist church who I have never been a fan of , has stepped up to the plate and is providing clothes and medical and humanitarian assistance through their network on a unprecedented scale that I never thought possible ,so politics aside I admire them. I witnessed 911 from the top of the Pan Am and took part in the rescue effort ,Volunteers are leaving from here with blood hounds ,survival gear , water ,food and fire arms I would be going but I hurt my left hand in the storm ( jammed wrist and bruised tendon ) more later Michael