In the Out Way

We are on our way to Pass Christian, MS to pick up Tim's parents and bring them home with us. They are living in a Katrina cottage...not the place to be when a Category 4 or 5 storm is knocking on New Orleans' door, only 50 miles away. We are on Interstate 59 between Meridian and Laurel. There are 5 other vehicles traveling south with us. The northbound lanes are steady and moving well right now. We brought 15 gallons of gas with us just in case. Three days after Katrina struck, we drove to Gulfport to find Tim's daughter. Thank God, she and the rest of the family were safe. We drove back home, but ran out of gas in Laurel...and there was no gas to be found. A very nice man from Mississippi Power overheard us asking everyone where we could get gas or stay the night. He asked us to follow him outside. He promptly grabbed a full gas can from the back of his truck and put the gas in our car. An angel among us, for sure. We are emotional wrecks. Tim worked down on the coast, rebuilding homes after the storm. He's a coast native, and every weekend he came home, he was just shellshocked. Even now, when we come to visit, we only drive along Hwy 90 one time...and we still cry.