Greetings!
Due to adverse conditions created by recent catastrophic weather patterns, we put together a team last Saturday and took several tons of supplies and distributed them in a western suburb of New Orleans. We drove all night Saturday, arrived at a campground owned by an acquaintance of Mr. Frank Campana at 0630 hrs EST (0530 local), and then caravanned with another group into LA. Having conducted reconnaissance and distributed our supplies, we left Kenner, LA, yesterday evening (Sunday). We took 145 gallons of fuel in drums (50 diesel, 95 gas) and used most of it. The last station we stopped at that had fuel on our way west was Tuscaloosa, AL. We took two vehicles: the Smith F-250 (diesel) pulling Mr. Reed's flatbed trailer with ~ 3 tons of supplies, and the Lummus' Suburban (Gasoline) with an extension carrying the generator and some fuel. The party consisted of Mr. Campana and his son Nicholas, Mr. Morton and his sons Michael, Cleveland, and Wesley, Mr. Lummus and his sons Arthur and Ernest, Mr. Sanders and his son Noah, and, of course, yours truly. Amusing events included having water in the diesel we had purchased and placed in our 50 gal. drum, causing an interesting 3 1/2 hr. delay this morning when the fuel we transferred at a stop in southern Mississippi shut our engine down at ~ 0100 hrs. Thankfully, we were able to negotiate the difficulty, and were able to make it home by 1100 hrs today. All went well, and we sustained no injuries worth mentioning. God be praised!!! We are currently in need of information concerning conditions particularly on the eastern side of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, particularly if anyone knows if Homeschooling Christians who may be in need of assistance -- food/water/medical supplies/evacuation, etc. We are maintaining contact with Vision Forum, and may participate in operations with them should the necessity arise.
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