Harry,

I live in a Mobile suburb (Spanish Fort). I feel very lucky that we were
not hurt badly. We've had a lot of bad storms lately but in the 12 years
I've lived here this one was the worst although last September's Ivan was
pretty bad.

As I said, I feel lucky. My loss was only around $10K and I'm well insured
with a replacement cost premium. I'll only be out the deductible. The best
news is that the boat was unscratched as were the vehicles all of which were
outside.

The boat has a towing cover and I decided to leave it on for this storm as
it seems always to fill to the top of the hull with mostly tree debris in
hurricanes. The little experiment was a success as the cover appears
unharmed and the boat had only three leaves in it that entered around the
motor cutout. Does this paragraph make this an on topic post?

We disagree on the Irag issue but I'm a retired soldier and you are among
the most vocal anti-military people I've encountered. Even well before 9-11
your views on our defenders were well known. Is this a wonderful country,
or what? All this disagreement but we can pull together when necessary.

Butch
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Butch Davis wrote:
Harry,

In our lifetimes Harry NO will not be on her feet. That is, unless the
US taxpayers are willing to cough up the $$$ required for the most
massive, costly public works project in the history of this or any other
country. You think the Panama Canal was a big job?

We're pouring $2 billion a week down the toilet in Iraq, to no good end.
We've blown close to $300 billion there already on Bush's folly.

We should stop that spending, and use those funds to rebuild and make safe
our Gulf Coast.

I really don't give a crap about the Iraqis. I do care about Americans
suffering in Louisiana, Mississipi and Alabama, and the impact on those
states that have graciously taken them in to their bosom.