Lanier and his family are housing a lot of relatives in Greenwood who were on the coast. Lanier and his wife did not lose anything, but in-laws, and cousins lost everything.
it's dead.
A lot of people have absolutely nothing to go back to. That's great that your cousin can help his family members. My brother Mike and his wife Pat have the structure of their house, but there's nothing inside. The storm surge took everything. His truck and her car were unusable, but he got on his ATV after the storm had subsided and went out looking around. He said there were bodies everywhere. This was Monday, just after the storm had hit and before any emergency crews had gotten to them. Must have been horrible. He wasn't able to call his son until late on Tuesday to let him know he was ok. Chris was frantic, and was wanting to go down there looking for them. He is going down now, but to bring Mike and Pat up to live with them in Hernando until they can sort out their lives. They're still better off than some folks, and they know that, and are very grateful for it.