You know after making the above post I did some serious thinking. We are not okay down here in Ms. I put my employees on a 4 day work week about 6 months ago. They are mostly clerical so I know it is a hardship on their families. I have lost 5 good salespeople who could no longer make a living in the real estate sales & rental business. We have virtually stopped all advertising and cut out a lot of other expenses just trying to make the business just break even, and it has not. We of course were hit by Katrina and now the Oil situation. If we have a Hurricane and the Oil covers the land like Katrina did, the Ms. Gulf Coast will not survive! There will be no coming back to a normal life in this part of the country. Tens of thousands of people will lose there jobs and possessions.
This will happen no matter if Bush, Obama, Clinton , Lincoln etc were all President!

Not writing this looking for sympathy as Jo, myself and all of my family will make it without starving or losing our homes (or Bus) as we will get by okay.
Just a few words to inform everyone as to the seriousness of everyones predicament here on the Ms. Gulf coast.
Please remember all these folks in your thoughts. Dan & Jo