Thursday

1:30 pm - Woke today to find out about tornado warnings until 6 pm. Cloudy and increasingly windy but tolerable. This morning we were back on Rippy Rd. at the pink house, as I call it, cleaning out the interior -- which means mucking around in rubber boots loading metal pieces, wood pieces large and small, and scraps of memorabilia in to garbage bags. Mike cut pipes; Eddie was insistent on saving some, so Mike was also using a wrench to unscrew them. Others on the roof securing a temporary roof. We then started to pull down a wrecked shed in a neighbor's yard. Eddie was joined by Cally in using a saws all. I watched her body vibrate at about 60 mph I don't know how she stood it. Having a quick lunch of a variety of leftovers. Saw Teresa eating sliced green pepper and corned beef hash!

Lanier was taking photos on Rippy Rd. taking photos of 25 or so houses on the historic register. Eddie Griffin, our fearless construction project leader, is psyched about improving the road because it's doable but $$ are needed for materials. Eddie and Derrick may be coming to Boston soon, an opportunity to be updated. I leave this afternoon about 2:30 to meet with Joe Dawsey in Biloxi, head of the health centers for Biloxi and Gulfport. Others want to see Hands On's set-up where they're building so we'll do this, too. More later.


Bev