I may have to think about getting a job now. |
It took us two hours to get 12 miles. We decided to turn around and go back. |
She invited us to her home. She invited us to stay over but we went back to the motel because we were planning to leave the next morning to return home. |
There was no water in it. We're in the 10-20 percent of New Orleans that was not flooded. |
They gave us tickets for two meals for the five of us. First Baptist Church also called that day to say they were having a dinner that night and asked if we wanted to eat. |
We consider ourselves lucky. So many have nothing left to go back home to. |
We got to Jackson, Miss. and we went looking for a generator; we knew there wasn't any electricity at home. Lowe's was out but was expecting a shipment within an hour or so and we decided to wait. |
We were on the Interstate when I saw the exit for Carlisle and thought it looked like a small town to check out. There was a room at the Carlisle Inn. |