3 Friends in Mississippi are OK!!!

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Namah Shivaya!!!

I have wept tears of joy today to hear from my friend and business

associate, Tara! SHE IS SAFE AND HER FAMILY IS, TOO! She and 2 others in my

business are ok. We await word on another-Brandy Warning. We pray she and

her children are safe.

 

Tara called today and sent this letter. I thought everyone would want to

read about the crisis first hand. They rode out the storm in her home-about

50 miles from the coast-a little further out than the 20 I initially

thought. Big oaks were ripped from the ground in their yard. They had to cut

a tree in the driveway to get their car out. Walmart only allows 20 in the

store at at time so it's a 2 hr wait. They just got their electric today.

They got a generator and moved it from tv, to freezer to whatever was

needed. They used a camping lantern and solar lights from landscaping for

the last week.

 

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Tara Rouse

Adriane Bradley

Monday, September 05, 2005 10:45 AM

I'M STILL HERE!

 

 

Hi Adriane,

 

Thank you so much for caring. We have been without power and phones for a

week. I am very blessed to still have my life, family and home after the

hurricane. Our county looks horrible with trees down everywhere. Porches

and sheds ripped apart. I have seen lots of homes destroyed, especially

mobile homes. We got off easy compared to the coast. I was able to see

some footage on the news occasionally while the generator was running. I am

still in shock at the devastation on the coast. This is a place we visited

often. Everything is gone!

 

Gas and ice have been precious items around here. Different family members

would take turns going on "gas runs". They would have to travel either to

North Alabama or Florida to get gas. When a gas station around here would

get gas the wait would be about 2-6 hours. We were using ice to keep our

food from spoiling. We were able to buy a generator at Sam's club in

Florida to keep our freezer frozen. Some things did thaw, but we ate it as

it was thawing. My mother in law has a gas grill with an extra eye on the

side that we used to cook on.

 

I had 28 people that stayed in my home during the hurricane. All of which

were in-laws! They were great though. After the worst of the storm had

passed on Monday evening, several of the men left out to see the damage.

The roads were impassable. Keith has an old 4 wheel drive truck he uses for

hunting that he was able to drive through ditches and around and over trees.

The power lines were all over the road and wrapped around trees.

 

I lost a few shingles off my house. We have a lot of trees down in the

yard. It is a mess. My mother has a hole in her roof and lots of water

damage. Keith's aunt (one of those that stayed with us) had 2 trees fall on

her double wide trailer.

 

Several schools were damaged. Our children may not return to school for

another month or two.

 

I have no idea how my Pampered Chef business is going to be after this. I

worked so hard to book a full September. One show was suppose to be on

September 1. No one has any money. I am not sure anyone will keep their

show.

 

Thank you so much for offering your home to me. I wanted to cry when I read

that. We are recovering rather fast here. It is the coast that needs help.

I am not sure of the best way to help. We can't go down there to help. No

one is being allowed in. I think food is the biggest need and baby items.

Our church collected money to send to a nursing home in need.

 

So sorry I could not contact you earlier to let you know my status. All

communication lines were broken, but we are back up today. It was so nice

to sleep under air conditioning last night!!!

 

Thanks again for caring,

Tara

 

 

 

 

 

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