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I posted this on another thread but I'll probably post it 100 times before the night is out:

A good friend of mine went down to NOLA the day after the hurricane to find his father who had refused to leave his house.He's been nearly impossible to get ahold of since he left. This is an email I just received from my friend's fiance

I finally got through a bit ago (if you call and get the message about a hurricane, keep dialing and eventually it might get through) and here is the deal... he's still at his parents' battered but standing non-functional house with his dad. Him and a few other neighborhood people are cleaning up the neighborhood to make it easier once people start getting in there to try and fix things. They have collected their firearms for when the looters come in to try and rob them. But there are only a few of them with a couple pistols, and the looters, who were across the street last night, are large in number and heavily armed. And he won't leave, he doesn't want his parents' stuff stolen. I know he is capable and smart, but he also has a temper and I am scared to death that he's going to get himself killed. They think people will try to start looting their street tonight so if anyone has any good thoughts as to how I get through tonight unable to get ahold of him and wondering if someone shot him to get in the house or steal his truck, please let me know. He said before he'd be home this weekend but I know he'll be afraid to leave his parents so will probably stay longer, and even then I don't know if he'll find enough gas to get home. Not just there, everywhere I'm hearing! So, if anyone is bored and feels like calling fitty times to try and get through to him and succeed, please tell him ***** can't afford a house or take care of 4 dogs alone, thank you. For now he is ok, so I pray he stays that way... If I hear anything useful, and the 4 calls already today from his mom do NOT count as useful, I will let you know. stacey