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