You know I'm no stranger to semi-spontaneous trips and the survival thereof,
and am loathe to lend discouragement to someone with the gumption to try to help on their own,
but your friend and his/her supplies might be more helpful with some basic emergency infrastructure in place to direct their use.
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You're sweet Tomcat. Her husband's family is from and in Biloxi. His mother is in her 80's, quite ill, and they need basic necessities - water, food, and electricity. There's no way I could talk her out of going. We gave her our generator, a couple of cell phones (Southern Linc is the only service we know of that still works in Biloxi), chain saws and other requested items as she's adamant about going. I will of course, pass along all warnings and suggestions I gather from my fellow freepers.