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Re: Need your prayers - Wreck while moving refugees

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:31 pm
by PeggyF
Sandi,
I have a friend from Metairie who is now in Lafayette, LA. She said it's very difficult getting a phone line to work, even from there and to call further away is easier than calling close by. She can't reach her brother who is somewhere in Louisiana. It's a hit or miss getting a phone line out and I cannot call in. I get a recording, "Due to the hurricane, ..."

Hang in there!

Peggy

Re: Need your prayers - Wreck while moving refugees

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:01 pm
by brandonsmom
This is just awful.....my son who is 17 is still waiting to hear from a friend who moved from Illinois to Mississippi in July. She called him on Sunday/maybe it was Saturday and he cannot get a hold of her. I keep telling him it is just because the phones are down. I hope so. These refugees must be out of their minds by now. I do not know how well I would handle it. THIS IS AWFUL !

Re: Need your prayers - Wreck while moving refugees

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:47 pm
by sandi raney
Thanks Peggy, you too! :)

Hollandale, MS

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:07 pm
by admin
I have a Box Project family that we sponsor in Hollandale, MS. I can't come in contact with the mother and have been trying to find information about this city and what they have experienced from Katrina. I believe they were out of power for a while, but did not get flooded at all. Does anyone have any info on this town?
I have been praying for them as well as everyone else who was hit by this tragedy.
~Krista~

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:51 pm
by Kath
Krista
Have you heard from them yet?
my prayers go out to all of those suffering during this disaster.
Kath

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:38 pm
by admin
Kath,
No, not yet. I didn't try to call them in a couple of days, but tomorrow I will try again. I am sure they are fine b/c they were not in a flooded area, but I still hope they are safe and sound.
~Krista~

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:01 am
by tylergsmom
Krista:

Hollandale is on the Louisiana/Mississippi border northwest of Baton Rouge. It's really far inland. They probably got some damage, but not anything like New Orleans. I live in Mobile, Alabama, and HOllandale is about 6 hours away from me -- New Orleans is only 1 1/2 hours from me (if that gives you any indication where they are at). They probably have damaged phone lines, which is why you can't get a hold of them, but I'm sure that they are just too far inland to have received any major damage.

Laura

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:15 am
by Mandie
this link is very helpful

click on a square and it zooms it in, then you click on another square to see a closer image

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/KATRINA0000.HTM

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:23 am
by Carolyn J
I am praying too, non-stop for everyone affected by Katrina.
Love,hugs,prayers for all,
Carolyn J

Re: Hollandale, MS

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:09 pm
by brandonsmom
We have heard from my son's friend. Her house is okay, they live in Jackson Mississippi, they had no power though and the phone lines had just started working on Friday and she said that it was hard to get a line out, it was easier for them to get rather than make calls.