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Grew up in Slidell? I hope that any family and friends you have in the area are okay. And a reminder to ME to be aware and treat EVERYONE (well most everyone!) on these threads as people with a personal interest in the area that may very well have loved ones in danger.

5,467 posted on 09/01/2005 1:40:03 PM PDT by geopyg ("It's not that liberals don't know much, it's just that what they know just ain't so." (~ R. Reagan))

Thank you for your concern. I haven't been able to get in touch with anyone directly. All my relatives have since moved out of Louisiana, but there's no word yet from my friends. Interestingly, nearly all of my friends are either in law enforcement or the medical field, so they stayed . . . Even when communications are back up I expect they'll be really busy for some time.
I know that things have changed in Slidell since I lived there, it's grown and become a lot like New Orleans, in the sense of population and crime growth rates.
I haven't heard a thing about Baton Rouge or Hammond, where I went to college.

5,515 posted on 09/01/2005 1:47:37 PM PDT by Laurita ("We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V, a-4:s-3)