From C, Fri. Sept. 2, mid-morning:

Bush is supposed to be down here sometime. I’m sure just to detract security and rescue forces from what they should be doing so they can protect his lame ass. Believe me if they are shooting and killing rescuers just think of what they would like to do to him. My brother-in-law met another rescuer last nite that had saved a guy, a Dr no less, after he had been bike-jacked and robbed when he tried to evacuate (I think before the storm).

It’s horrible here. And my friend R just told me Harry Connick Jr rolled into town (N.O.) on the I-10 that they told us was unpassable and was bitching out the mayor for claiming they couldn’t get in there. I think they finally started getting water and stuff to them but like i said, too little to damn late.

Thanks,

C

From C, mid-morning Fri., Sept. 1:

Mom is with the pets and all are fine. Her friend M’s house was destroyed and 8 of the 9 cats she had to leave behind are missing. We are all doing good. Just wating for water to go down and get in there to my sister’s. We just wait. Thanks for your support. It’s all I really need right now. What is J’s last name? I’ll try you later,

C

Message from C from morning of Friday, Sept. 1:

Hey, thanks for all the good mojo. I’m heading out to help. My sister’s house is (was) in New Orleans, in lake view where the levee broke. Satellite images look like her house is practically submerged. It’s falling apart here fast.

CNN articles are reporting the raping and murdering of children in the convention center down there. It’s the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen.

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Date: 2005/09/01 Thu PM 04:55:49 EDT

To: C
CC: J

Subject: when you see her give her a hug for us!

C I AM SO GLAD YOUR MAMA IS OKAY! i’ve been thinking of you guys all day.

Thanks WM. I broke into tears when I talked to her because I was so happy she was alive. It’s all I wanted.

Love,

C
just hang in, okay?

sending love, and cooler weather,

WM

(We received this in the afternoon of Sept. 1)

J and WM,

Hey — my mom is OK. One of her friends had cell service and she called this morning. They are without power & communications but are alive and well. It is expected that my sister’s house is completely destroyed and the cats are dead, but we are still hopeful. Any word on J? The criminals that had the ability to leave N.O. are now bum rushing and robbing accross town. Rescue efforts have been thwarted by people trying to shoot down and rob rescue helicopters.

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From C (this was from the morning of Sept. 1, before they knew their mom was alive):

J,

We are all here, except my mom and there is no word on her right now and the death toll in Harrison County where she lives is on the rise. We are just hoping that her house stood or she was able to get to somewhere safe but it was pretty bad there when we last spoke and the eye wall hadn’t even hit.

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To: Wacky Mommy
Subject: Friday Rally: Mothers and Children Against War and Occupation
From: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Events Calendar!

Friday, September 2nd, 2005 5:00 PM – NOW and PPRC Friday Rally and March – Mothers and Children Against War and Occupation!

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Wacky Sister and i have been stomachs-in-knots cuz our dear sweet friends C and R live outside of New Orleans and we know how bad it is there. No, we don’t, those of us who aren’t there. But we’ve heard, and we’ve seen pictures. R’s house on the lake is destroyed, C’s house (in Baton Rouge) has been without power. But the scariest news was that their mom, who lives in Gulfport, Miss., could not be located. But she found a friend who had cell service and she called and she is OK she is alive, thank God. Yay to moms!!!!!

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We went school shopping today. Honest to God, parents should get combat pay for spending an hour at Gap Kids trying fifty pairs of jeans on their wiggly little almost-five-year-old. Out of these fifty, two fit. Sort of.

Yes, there were 2 (two) dressing rooms for 800 (eight hundred) children.

Jeans were on sale. Yes, her three-year-old brother had to go along. Fine with him, as he enjoys licking the filthy carpets in dressing rooms and spends most of his time in there rolling about like a little puppy in a meadow.

Signed,

Tired Wacky Mommy

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