Is Maddy McCall okay? Others in the area?

[tjdee]

Doesn't she live in or near Biloxi? I know she was around last night asking for good thoughts and such...anyone seen her since then?

I know SwampRat and his fam got out, merh is okay.... hope all other Katrina area folk are faring well.

[jobycom]

1. Maddy lives north of Covington, in Mississippi.

From what I saw, she was west of most of the hurricane, and a bit inland. I could be wrong, though.

I'm still trying to get in touch with my parents. Might be a day or two, though.

[tjdee]

3. Hope everything is going well with your parents...

It does look like it'll be a while before everything's going again.

[markus]

2. From what I've seen if they're not in an Internet cafe in Nashville

we won't be hearing from them for a bit. The coast was hammered HARD. They really got the brunt of it, for all the focus on N'wawlins. That was really about the media being pre-deployed for the NOLA event.

Local reports from police and fire report "total devestation" and a reference to "Camille 2".

It don't sound good there at all.

Hope everybody in the path of it is Safe Home soon.

I owe a big thanks for Maddy McCall for posting that hurricane track map Friday afternoon. It helped get my family and friends on the move before the NHC called it.

[CatWoman]

4. And RowdyBoy

he's in Mississippi, and Jus The Facts is in Louisiana.

I hope and pray that they are all safe.

[cally]

5. A few others are there also

SouthernDem2004 and ***dem (I'm embarassed I forgot his user name) but his wife is in the hospital and he can't leave NO. He's in the middle of NO with kids.

[tjdee]

7. Oh no....

I hope they're alright, but I guess we won't know for a while.

[Karenina]

9. FrustratedLefty

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. frustrated_lefty's wife is in the hospital

MaddyMcCall went to stay with her folks who own a brick home..I have not been able to reach her but I have her home phone so that doesn't alarm me.
Trof and his wife had some trees uprooted and their dock is underwater but their home is OK and so far they have power.

[progmom]

11. i've been trying Maddy's cell, but "all circuits are busy"

i'll try again a little later. :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. same with my buddy's cell

his place is in Metarie

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. I saw where LD & cell was down earlier

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901096.html

Storm Hampers Long-Distance, Cell Services

By ANICK JESDANUN
The Associated Press
Monday, August 29, 2005; 7:12 PM

-- Cell phone service was spotty and long-distance callers met busy signals on Monday as Hurricane Katrina knocked out key telecommunications hubs along the Gulf Coast.

Most long-distance and cellular providers reported trouble, while the dominant local phone provider for the hurricane zone, BellSouth Corp., did not immediately quantify the extent of storm-related service disruptions.

[cally]

12. Thanks to you and Karenina

I'm frustrated that I couldn't remember his name. I hope all are safe.

[tjdee]

15. Yeah, I knew it was ***lefty.

But couldn't remember either.

[Pithlet]

14. I'm very worried about all of them.

I hope we hear from them soon.

[huskerlaw]

6. I'm not very familiar with

the geography of Mississippi, but I'm chatting online with a friend in Oxford. Their phones, internet, electricity, and water are perfectly fine. She's comparing the weather to a fairly intense and long-lasting thunderstorm.

[jobycom]

8. Oxford is northwest of Jackson, pretty much north Mississippi

They're just catching the outer bands.

[Lex]

16. Anything about Frustrated Lefty or any of the others?

Just bumping this thread and asking if we have any more we haven't heard from yet?

[Zuni]

18. From what i understand

Maddy would have been in an area pretty hard hit, just North of Louisiana in Southern Mississippi