>I would be coming from the central-west side of the State on I-20, so getting at least as far as Hattiesburg MS should be "do-able". Our friends from Gulfport have (had?) a store in Hattiesburg as well. I am hoping to contact someone there eventually. The way I see it the $$$ is worthless without the backbones.
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True, I would recommend contacting the Red Cross to see when you might be needed. I don't know that I would just run down there without checking on where you are needed and when. I built a fairly large house a few years ago, which has 9 bedrooms and we only need three, so we have contacted the Red Cross about letting a family use our garage apartment here in Memphis. I'm told there are over 10k people here who have been displaced. I can't go down there right now, so I guess it's the least we can do. The money is needed to, so you lurkers pony up!