I spoke to my brother tonight. His house is one mile inland from the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Pascagoula. He had 22 inches of water in his house. He has telephone, water, sewer, electric, and cable TV (but no internet yet) back in service. He didn’t have mud to shovel out. He’s pulled out carpet and padding. He’s shoveled up the particle board someone put beneath the carpet padding. He’s in the process of cutting sheetrock off the wall approximately 4′ up from the floor. He was able to salvage one bed to sleep on and all his major appliances (except the clothes dryer). He bought a new computer a few weeks ago, and it was spared. In a few weeks, when he’s ready, I’ll stock up on sheetrock and anything else he decides he needs that’s likely to be in short supply there and run it down to him. For now, he says he’s fine.<\/p>\n
He’s lost many things, but he feels quite fortunate. He’s alive, has a roof over his head, a job, and an ability to recover from this. He knows many are much worse off. Thanks to each of you for your good thoughts on his behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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