Posted on 08/30/2005 5:41:37 PM PDT by Daus
Katrina destroys Brett Favre's family home
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre spent most of Monday and today nervously waiting to hear from family members in his hometown of Kiln, Miss., in the heart of the Gulf Coast area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
The Packers said Favre finally spoke to his mother, Bonita Favre, late this afternoon when she was able to reach him with the help of a Houston television station, which was in the area covering hurricane damage.
According to the team, Favre said his mother reported spending Monday night in the family attic, along with his grandmother, after the entire house filled up with water within a matter of 5-10 minutes.
Bonita Favre indicated that the family home was destroyed and probably would have to be bulldozed, but said that everyone in the family appeared to be fine.
Bonita, along with Brett's brothers Jeff and Scott, had decided against evacuating and instead gathered at Favre's childhood home in Hancock County, one of the counties hit hardest by the hurricane. Favre said his grandmother, aunt and other family members also were there.
Favre said earlier today that he spoke to his wife, Deanna, Monday night and again this morning. He said she and their two children, 16-year-old Brittany and 6-year-old Breleigh, are safe at Favre's home in Hattiesburg, 60 miles north of Kiln, although their property had extensive damage.
Favre's mother was seven months pregnant with him when Hurricane Camille, which killed 256 people in Louisiana and Mississippi in 1969, struck the area.
"I've seen pictures," Favre said. "The damage was unbelievable."
Favre admitted he was "kind of going through the motions" in practice while waiting to hear from family members and said he plans to go home to Mississippi following Thursday night's preseason finale at Tennessee.
He said he could get permission from coach Mike Sherman to skip the game altogether and fly there immediately, but his wife told him there's no point because the area is unreachable.
-By the Associated Press
Hey, at least I didn't put it under 'Breaking News'. THAT would be hero worship. :)
I'd take OSU all day at 10 points. Up to 14 probably, it's that one point more than 2 TD's that concerns me.
yep and the big Dog is out of the MAC. marshall is gone, so the MAC doesn't look so great.
depends on what the offense does.
They have the talent to win the game by 30 if they want too.
but that it is the first game out, they also have the inconsistency to win it by less than a TD.
That said, it is the first game for the Miami of Ohio offense as well. They are going to have a LOOONNNNGGG day of beating their heads against the wall that is the Ohio State defense.
I do not get it why would they stay knowing this was coming? thats plain stupid.its not like they did not have the money to get out.
Frank Solich and OU may be interesting.
yeah but his best player is a Wide Receiver....so it won't be this year....
maybe next year though.
Satchmodog9, don't mess with our Brett Favre or his family. Grumble about something else. We in Wisconsin stick up for him and our Green Bay Packers.
Did you see my page?
Oh dear. I hope you're okay because I can only assume that SOMEONE IS HOLDING A GUN TO YOUR HEAD FORCING YOU TO READ AND RESPOND TO AN ARTICLE THAT IS OF NO INTEREST TO WHATSOEVER.
MS Ping
It's called transferrence.
Right or not, it's a natural part of life during the modern era.
Favre isn't looking for publicity.
I know he's not. He seems to shy away from it. It's the media that sucks.
God be with his family and all the rest of the poor souls in the South battling their way through this.
Leave it to Freepers to take a story and spin it to the negative.
Too many times, the worst does not happen.
I survived a tornado 25 years ago. I still take warnings seriously.
Until that happens, people have a tendency to ignore warnings.
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