We are Safe and Sound

[BOSSHOG]

Thanks very much for the PM's. I will answer them. Our home was in the path of the hurricane. Lots of trees downed but only minor damage to the house. Spent a week with my mother in law in Kansas as we were without electricity and water for quite a while. We are northwest of Gulfport and our little part of the world is showing signs of "normalcy." Many stores are opened, gas is relatively easy to get although all the stations are now "pay first." Regular this AM was 2.63. Considering what has happened to those to the south of us we are very lucky. Lots of chainsawing and brush clearing in my future.

FEMA isn't making too many friends around here. I've not been home long enough to be effected by them one way or the other.

Great to be back posting on DU. I truly hope that a Hurricane like Katrina is a once in a lifetime event. I don't want to do it again.

[cry baby]

1. So glad you checked in and everybody is OK!

Looking forward to some stories...

[Melodybe]

58. Yay! I was worried, don't want to a single one of my fellow MS DUers

Thank goodness.

Take care of yourself and your family.

[Beam Me Up]

2. Welcome back BOSS HOG!

There have been many posts asking if anyone had heard from you. Much concern. We're relived that you are relatively OK!

:hi:

[ewagner]

3. I'm so relieved!

Great to hear from you Bosshog....so glad you and yours are safe and sound....! :bounce:

Hope to see more posts when you get the opportunity... :hi:

[Momgonepostal]

4. YAY!

So glad to hear all is (relatively)well!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. Glad you are safe

welcome back :hi:

[progressivebydesign]

6. Glad to hear you're all okay. Be careful with that chainsaw! n/t

[MissB]

7. Glad to hear you are safe!

Glad to hear your home is relatively unscathed!

[Theres-a]

8. Thanks for checking in!!

:hi:

[myrna minx]

9. Welcome back Bosshog.

I'm so glad that you and yours are safe. :hug:

[SmokingJacket]

10. Great to hear it BOSS!

I'm amazed to hear that your gas is a good .75 cheaper per gallon than here in upstate NY... $3.39 this morning for regular..........

[kestrel91316]

18. $2.91 in Los Angeles today

[SmokingJacket]

36. The heck??? We're being gouged up here! nt

[Stephanie]

11. Wooo-Hoooo! I was worried about you!

So glad to see you back! Sorry you had to go through that but very happy you are safe & sound.

[soup]

12. whew. Good news.

Glad to hear from you.

Surprised the chain-sawer-in-chief didn't clear all that out for you when he visited the area. (yeah, like that'd happen.)

Welcome back.

[Rowdyboy]

13. Its about damned time!

I'm so glad to hear you guys made it through all right. This has been one helluva mess. You could not PAY ME to relive the last two and 1/2 weeks.

[BOSSHOG]

61. Hello Rowdy

The air is alive with the whirring of chain saws. I'm gonna stay optimistic and believe we'll be better off in the long run. I have no doubt I'll be back to the Tropical Isle nursing an ice cold budweiser before too much longer. Can't wait to hear what bush has to say tonight. I hope you guys stay safe.

[Rowdyboy]

67. Katrina hit us with about 70 mph winds and sheets of rain.....

No storm damage at my house and moderately little in town. Our electricity never even went off (one of only a very few in the county).
Two or three days late we had four freaking FEMA trucks in town handing out ice. Nobody's on the fucking coast where the devastation is, they're
all farting around in Canton where they can get a good meal! What a farce.

I went out for beer at the height of the storm. Struggled my way into a small convenience store and asked an older black lady "Are ya open?"...Her response "Naw, I'm just standing here with the door unlocked for the hell of it!" I can be such a dumb-ass!

[babylonsister]

14. YEAH, BOSSHOG! I remember when you left before the

hurricane; your absence was noted and we were all concerned. I'm glad you weathered the storm!

[HEAVYHEART]

15. So glad you and your family are ok!

We've missed you and welcome back! :hug:

[bloom]

16. I'm happy to hear the good news!!

:bounce:

[stellanoir]

17. Yay

and don't forget that brush clearing is verrry Presidential.

Glad you and yours made it through relatively unscathed.

[CottonBear]

19. I've been so worried about you BOSSHOG! Hello and welcome back!

I'm glad you're OK. How did your yard and garden fare (besides the trees)? Did your Crape Myrtles survive?

We have all been worried about you and thinking of you and your family. :hug:

Only $2.63 for regular? Wow! It's $2.95 here in Athens, GA. it would be higher except for the fact that the governor suspended the gas tax during September.

My in-laws had to evacuate their home in Lacombe, LA. They hope to have utilities, water and a new roof sometime in October.

Take care.
CB :hi:

[livetohike]

20. Glad to hear you all are okay

:hi:

My neighbor's family is in N. Gulfport (about 4 miles n. of the I-10). It was a shaky five days after the hurricane hit before my neighbor heard from them.

[GOPisEvil]

21. Glad to hear you're well.

And I'm so sad I never made another trip to NOLA. Your threads about going there for lunch made me wistful.

I'm really happy you made it through with your health.

[BOSSHOG]

62. I have every confidence

that New Orleans will be open up for business in due time. I know the businesses there would like to open today but the EPA is still checking the air and water quality. 28 February, Mardi Gras.

[meganmonkey]

22. Hooray! You're back

:hug:

We've been worried about you. I am glad your house isn't wrecked :)

[ultraist]

23. Oh,...so you are the dude so many around here have been worried about.

;)

Welcome Home! :hi:

[txindy]

24. Yay! Happy to see ya!

Glad to hear all is well.

[catmandu57]

25. I forgot you had relatives near here

We missed the opportunity to have dinner, we're in savannah Mo, not far from where your inlaws live. The next time you come up this way give us a shout.
I'm relieved to hear you're safe and sound, we need a few more people to check in now.

[Individualist]

26. Glad you're okay

[Habibi]

27. Very, very happy news

Glad you and yours are okay.:toast:

[Infomaniac]

28. I just posted in the Lounge asking about you.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4001174&mesg_id=4001174

I'm glad to hear you and your family are okay. I'm sure FEMA's not making many friends anywhere. I hear roofing shingles and plywood are pretty hard to come by in some areas. If you need anything along those lines or anything at all for that matter, please let me know.

[RandomKoolzip]

29. Welcome back...good to hear you're okay.

:thumbsup:

[TacticalPeek]

30. Good.

:)

[Brotherjohn]

31. Good to "read" your voice!

My family used to vacation in the little town of Clermont Harbor (my uncle still had a house there). I looked at the NOAA pictures. It's simply not there anymore. Not a single house, all the way back past the RR tracks. You can't even see some foundations. Most literally wiped off the face of the earth.

Then my family in N.O. (brother's family, Mom & Dad, others)... they're still in Shreveport. Maybe to stay. But at least they're safe.

Again, good you're back!

[bear425]

32. Glad to hear you're safe! n/t

[alphafemale]

33. Good to Hear! nt

[donco6]

34. Everyone kept asking about you. Glad you're OK.. eom

[davsand]

35. Such happy news that you and yours are ok.!!!

There have been a lot of folks on here anxiously waiting to hear news about you. We have missed you and worried over you, child. Good to have you back!



Laura

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. *pounce!*

I have been so worried about you! :hug:

[Brewman_Jax]

38. Glad to see you again

and that you and yours are safe.

[July]

39. Welcome back!

Keep us posted on how you're doing.

[yewberry]

40. Really glad to hear from you!

Lots of folks were concerned.

Be careful and be safe--Good luck!

[Richardo]

41. Welcome back, Chief

Glad you and yours are OK.

[JimmyJazz]

42. Thank you for posting. We have been worried.

[Habibi]

43. Kick for Bosshog!

:kick:

[cally]

44. Yeah!!!!

I was so worried. I'm glad you are safe.

[txaslftist]

45. Salud!

[merh]

46. So glad you are safe!

:hi: You had us worried. :hug:

And you are right, FEMA is not making friends around here! --
I want a t-shirt that reads "I Am a Hurricane Katrina Survivor and a victim of FEMA!"

Take care! :hug:

[DinahMoeHum]

47. Thank goodness you're OK !! We were so worried about you !!

You were saying Katrina was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Were you around for Camille in 1969? Just curious.

:hug:

[WarNoMore]

48. So glad you checked in.

Everyone was worried about you.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

49. Thank goodness all is ok with you!!!!!! Welcome back!!! nt

[Daphne08]

50. So glad that you are okay!

[Stinky The Clown]

51. Glad you and yours are back home and safe, Chief!

Now keep 'em all honest down there!

[murielm99]

52. Hooray! Hooray!

We have been worried about you out there. I am glad you are safe.

Watch out for those FEMAs. Give them a wide berth.

[driver8]

53. Welcome back, Chief!!

Glad that you and your family are safe and sound.

[mcscajun]

54. Glad to see you back here!

You were certainly wondered about during the past two weeks.

:hug:

[tom_paine]

55. Glad to hear it, BOSSHOG!

Good luck to you and your family in the coming days.

[Scout1071]

56. Great to hear you are safe and sound. Care to tell me which

part of Kansas you are in? Proud Jayhawker here.

[BamaBecky]

57. We are so very glad that things are returning to normal near you! n/t

[Mikimouse]

59. Very glad to know that you and family are safe and sound!

Welcome back.:thumbsup:

[oneighty]

60. Happiness

is at home safe from the seas.

Good like in righting your ship.

180

[alarcojon]

63. Great to hear from you, BOSSHOG

Your DU family was worried. Welcome back!

[HeeBGBz]

64. Welcome back, BOSSHOG!

Glad you made it relatively okay.

[cap]

65. are folks in your area any more likely to vote Dem

or has this just been blamed on bureaucrats?

[BOSSHOG]

66. Way too much pride

in this part of the country for "christian conservatives" to admit they erred in voting the way they did. Extensive energy will be spent trying to blame any and all problems related to the storm on anyone but a republican. I am amused that our (Mississippi's) governor, republican haley barbour, a classic republican who opposes any government intervention in social issues is begging the feds for support.

[Maddy McCall]

68. Thank God! I've worried about you for the past two weeks.

I'm in the same situation as you. We had no power, still have no water, and had three trees on the house...just got one off of the house, so now we have two, and can't remove one of those until the power company comes to help, because it's on the roof right above the powerline to the house. If my dad had not built my cabin as sturdy as he did, it would have been ripped apart by the trees.

We also have lots of work ahead. On our 40 acres, we must have at least 50 trees down. Ancient hickories, poplars, beeches, pines. Gone.

But we are alive--and I am so glad to hear that you are, too. :hug:

(And you still owe me an oyster po-boy. We'll have to meet up at Acme's when it reopens and our work at hour homes is done.)

:hug: :hug: :pals:

[BOSSHOG]

69. That's a date Maddy

WE WILL BE OKAY and we will eat Po-Boys very soon. And we will second line down any damn street we want to. We are relatively unscathed and the outpouring of support and offers of assistance have brought me to tears. I've chosen to leave my property and help others because we are so very, very lucky. I'll take a blackened catfish poboy dressed. Thanks for the post

[CatWoman]

70. BH

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug::hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

so glad you're safe.

[BOSSHOG]

72. Thank you so very much

I'm glad to be back. The best of our kickass days are far ahead of us.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

71. So glad to see you back here, BOSSHOG!

:hug:

So glad that you're ok! :bounce: