[Nita Nupress]

McIlhenny Company has survived Hurricane Rita and will post more information once full power has been restored to our Corporate Office and Manufacturing Facility on Avery Island, Louisiana.

Oh, thank you dear Blessed One. That wench Rita can hit this part of Texas all she wants, but don't mess with my Tabasco Sauce!

[Nita Nupress]

I wanted to thank each one of you for your helpful advice and kind comments earlier. I don't know if you could tell or not, but I was in semi-panic mode, afraid my battery was going to die before I got my questions posted. I came back later and read all of your comments and was soooooo grateful. This feeling of being isolated is NOT a good feeling. We HAVE gotten to know our neighbors better, though. Yesterday we helped pull a tree off their house, and were able to recharge their phone and laptop with our now-functioning generator.

So, you wanna know what I've been doing for 4 days? Sitting out on the porch playing board games and cards with my young daughter. And just think: she and I are going to be out of school and work for a month or more. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. LOL!

Thanks again for your support. It meant a lot.

Note to self: When all the stores are open again, buy an extra battery for the Dell laptop!

[HAL9000]

"There are no empty Tabasco Sauce bottles" - Mason Williams

Mason Williams was wrong.

The Tabasco Sauce factory survived the storm. The ultimate catastrophe has been avoided.