[Quilla]

I have a friend leaving from Dothan, AL and going to Biloxi, MS in the morning. She is taking a motor home loaded with five generators, chain saws, water, and other necessities to folks in Biloxi who are in bad health, yet fortunately, have survived with their homes intact. She has asked for a passable route. I saw some links yesterday, but I can't locate them from the incredible volume of posts on these threads. Could anyone please provide me with a link to the resources with this information? Thank you ever so much.

[bwteim]

Posted these links earlier:

Here are Bama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Alabama Department of Transportation: Emergency Road Closures
http://www.dot.state.al.us/closures/

Alabama Department of Transportation: Press Releases: Hurricane Katrina
http://www.dot.state.al.us/Docs/Bureaus/Public+Affairs/

Louisiana DOT:
http://www.dotd.state.la.us/roadclosures/default.asp
Search form:
http://www.dotd.state.la.us/roadclosures/search.asp

Mississippi DOT Web Site:
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/

Realtime Traffic for Mississippi:
http://www.mstraffic.com/upgrade/default.aspx

Florida: http://www.eoconline.org/welcome.nsf?Open

http://www.eoconline.org/EM_Live/roadstat.nsf

[Truth29]

Good luck to your friend, but I hope she is taking firearms and, if possible, escorts who can use them. The current situation appears to be so lawless that she could be hijacked or looted. I know this sounds alarmist, but being armed and prepared may prevent an incident.

[NautiNurse]

Road openings should be posted by the MS Highway Patrol. However, I tried their website www.dps.state.ms.us/dps/dps.nsf/Divisions/hp; it seems the entire MS gov website is down.

Would also try MEMA - Mississippi Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-222-MEMA or http://www.msema.org (this site is jammed too)

MEMA will know where the generators can best be used (e.g. shelters).