Thank you Krispy, Etc.

I've found out through the pipe-line that brother Krispy went with some other guys down south to help and that he didn't want to blow his own horn and tell us on the open Forum.That is what the Word says to do, but it does also say, "let another man praise you and not you yourself" ....So THANK YOU KRISPY for going.I already thanked the others who've gone.God Bless anyone else who has done what some of us can't do.Our prayers are with you all .... BIG TIME !Thank you all again. ;-)

Oops, my wording ?Krispy's back. He "went". Ha.But God Bless all of you ;-) .

Hmmm... Annie... uh, thanx?I dont want everyone patting me on the back for this. We're Americans, and this is what we do. I am a Christian, and this is what I do. Last year hurricanes Francis and Ivan rolled thru Georgia and the western part of North Carolina... and we were all without power for over a week. Trees were down everywhere on houses, cars, powerlines... and flooding in Asheville and up in Haywood County was bad. Part of Route 40 up in the mountains near the NC/TN border washed right off the side of the mountain. People came in from all over and helped us all get back on our feet. Utility trucks with tags on them from as far away as NY and TX were here to help. People in the communities brought all their food that was in their freezers to churches, and the churches grilled up everything and fed thousands of people.All I did at the beginning of the week was try and pay back a little of what I owe to my fellow Americans.The devastation is so wide spread down there... anything we did was nothing. It's a very frustrating feeling.Was in L.A. (for you yankees not from the south... that means Lower Alabama, not Las Angeles!) & Miss on the state line from Saturday evening till Wed morning. Had planned to be there until today (Sat, Sept 24) but were advised to head home early cuz of Rita.Had several people who PM'd me who thought I had quit SI cuz I hadnt posted in a couple days... I was just out of town.If anyone has a chance to go and help... whether it be AL, MS, LA, or TX... there is plenty of work to do. The news media will lose interest in a week or 2, and you wont see the devastation on a daily basis anymore, and you'll tend to forget about it. DONT! It's gonna take a long time for people to recover.We southerners are used to rebuilding. First it was the British who burned and pillaged... then the yankees... then hurricanes... etc etcKrispy

I live down the street from The home of William Tecumseh Sherman. Now he really did bring wrath down upon the land...Yea, thats not a name you really wanna mention around here. ;-) My wife is from Georgia, and you really dont wanna mention that name there!Krispy