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[blueeyedgroupie]

So apparently, my hometown got slammed. According to my dad, this storm was worse than Andrew, Betsy, or any one he could remember. The wind damage was so bad that downtown New Roads is almost unrecognizable from the couple of pictures I saw, and there probably won't be power at the house for about a month. The ferry and all the bridges are

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[sadcypress]

Oh crikey. That's scary, Lu. I'm glad everyone's ok, though...

[blueeyedgroupie]

Thanks. I'm sure everything will be basically back to normal by Christmas. Um, by the way, how/where are your parents? Dad said Aunt Ca went to Chicago or something, and Mary said Jenny and Travis went to Fishville...did Uncle Jeff stay there with them? Any damage to the camp(s)?

[sadcypress]

Mom came here! She and a friend flew up from Houston and should be heading back today. Crazy stuff. Dad went up to Fishville, but actually headed back on Monday night. Because he's INSANE. As far as I know, we made out fine this time around.

[blueeyedgroupie]

Phew! That's good to hear. I guess Uncle Jeff wanted to be there to, you know, negotiate with the gods or something.