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We volunteered to do so - put them on airplanes whatever - you've obviously never had cajun relatives, have you? They are not easy to move - bulldozers and dynamite might be effective.

None of them were willing to leave. They were very afraid that if they left the house it would be looted. Some have evacuate before and then had to wait for days/weeks until the government would let them back home. If you've lived all your life in a house, living somewhere else seems impossible to a person of that age. I know it doesn't make sense to younger people, but I've dealt with it a great deal lately as my parents and their generation have aged and died.

In fact the Breaugh house survived the hurricane with little damage despite its age - was flooded when the levee breached.

We'd very much like to go search for them now, but have been warned repeatedly that there is no gasoline and that we would not be allowed into those areas - most still have 24 hour curfews.

There is trouble in Baton Rouge also. We are contemplating removing the cousins there - we think we could haul enough gas to make the trip. We are told it is at least 3 hours to the nearest available gas from Baton Rouge.

I don't know where you are from, but storms are accepted as a part of life and since most of the time you suffer only minor damage, you become immune to the threat.