AIM transcript w/ a friend of mine from Baton Rouge - FWIW

[yodermon]

I'm tony. He's Chris (name changed)

tony: hey dude
chris: howdy
tony: how are things
chris: this shit sucks
tony: it looks... bad
tony: to understate it
chris: my brother and his wife are here
tony: all your people are ok, right
chris: yeah but
chris: they are from New Orleans
tony: zactly.
chris: she is 8.5 mos pregnant
chris: looks like we are having a baby at my house!
chris: ;)
chris: just glad they got out!
tony: yikes man
tony: yeah
tony: this is unreal
chris: they are saying the deathtoll is gonna rival 9/11
tony: fck
chris: thats just hearsay though
tony: what gets me is the ppl trapped in their attix
chris: thats where a lot of the deathtoll is comin from
tony: shite
chris: there is contaminated water everywhere
chris: not tmention the snakes and vermin and shit
chris: the water has gas and shit in it... so some fo the water is on fire
tony: no way to pump it all out?
tony: untill the levees are fixed
chris: not really...
tony: and the suprdome is turning into something from lord of the flies
chris: they are going to evac them to houston
chris: thts what i heard this morning
tony: yeah but how long will that take w/ no roads open? and i-10 collapsed
chris: no idea
tony: so is your sis-in-law going to use baton rouge hospital?
chris: has to
tony: is BR overflowing w/ refugees?
chris: yeah... grocery stores are kinda bare
chris: my bro is tryin like hell to get an aprtment
chris: theyre all busy
tony: right
tony: were they able to grab anything from their place?
tony: b4 they left
chris: they left in a hurry
chris: they grabbed a few clothes
chris: their pc
chris: thats abou tit
chris: about it
chris: ;)
tony: wow
chris: i gotta go man
chris: i will fill yu in later
chris: ;)
tony: alrighty
tony: cool.. best o' luck