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Reporting in from Central Mississippi. I spent all day sawing up a 45-foot tree that was uprooted in the storm. I got it chopped up into 6-foot lengths and the leafy parts are in the compost heap.

The gas station closest to my house was selling gas by appointment only today. I called at 10:00 and made an appointment for 2:30. They called at 1:45 and asked if I could postpone until 4:30. I arrived at 4:25, and didn't have to wait in line more than 1 minute. Just pulled into a vacant pump, went inside and paid my $40 cash (the limit), then pumped the gas ($2.59.9 per gallon) and came back home. I'm going to carpool to work with someone else this week, so I know I've got enough gas now to go to work every day for the next 3 weeks, plus a trip or two to the grocery.

I'm still trying to locate a lot of missing persons, but no success, yet.