Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

Mark, who is in Eunice right now, was finally able to get through to me on the telephone a little while ago and we had a long talk about the heartbreaking needs of the thousands of people in and all around Picayune and Slidell and points beyond from his trip over there Wednesday and return [...]

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God heard my heart today and gave me the most incredible blessings all day long. But one, in particular, was priceless. When the phone rang, I answered it "This is Dee" as I’ve been saying since I’m at my mom’s house. The most wonderful voice I ever could have heard answered cheerily, "Hey! It’s me!!" [...]

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As I predicted late Tuesday night in Dallas, upon learning for the first time since the hurricane of all that had transpired since Sunday night, the situations in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast were "very grave" and would get worse. For a vast number of Americans reaching into the 100s of thousands over [...]

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>Subject: the first news article I’ve seen from Picayune >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 06:44:09 -0700 (PDT) > >Devastation is unbelievable after Hurricane Katrinaby Jerry Jacob, KY3 News >PICAYUNE, Miss. — It looks like a bomb exploded here. This town near the>Louisiana state line is one of the many communities devastated when the eye >of [...]

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I just received this word from my son Mark who is on his way back to Picayune from Eunice (western) Louisiana on I-10 concerning Picayune. Anyone who knows any of these people or can be of any help, please let me know, or go down there when you can to take help. ************************* Hey Mom, [...]

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I just got off the phone with one of the Vice Presidents of Tom’s company, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. out of Birmingham, Alabama, and I also got a detailed email from Mark this morning, all concerning the current status in Picayune. Tom’s immediate boss was able to get to Picayune from the north (I-59) yesterday [...]

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