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Just in case any of you ever imagined that I was kidding about the gators - the headlines on our newspaper say "Katrina frees nearly 200 Alligators". At large - so to speak - among others are Big Bull who is 25 years old and 15 feet long; Whitey, an albino and One-Eye Willie. The fact is - those guys are from a tourist trap sort of tacky farm about 12 miles away. We don't name ours and we, for sure, don't suggest that we might like to measure their length. All we do is toss them Butterfly's medical incompetents. Finally, finally we are recovering enough that I can stitch a little. Certainly, the brain flickers and blinks and creativity hasn't returned. I thought I could do some mindless (yes, that's me) stuff like cleaning and oiling the Berninas and perhaps doing a little cutting. How sweet it is to be back. We will never be able to thank you enough for all you have done for all of us; keep remembering those babies who need their mamas. Polly

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Polly Esther
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Polly Not sure I'd much care for 200 "extra" gators roaming around..... I don't suppose that since they were in a "tacky tourist trap" that they're tame??? Nah....... couldn't be...... us seattle-ites just can't comprehend "loose" gators..... loose bikenstocks, loose flannel shirts, loose starbucks coffee cups, sure.... but not loose gators. So.... I don't suppose they would be happy to live on swamp cabbage or moss? Carnivores they are?

Wishing I could hold some of those babies and rock them to sleep.

Take good care of thee...... Hugz Patti in Seattle

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Susan Laity Price

I know what you mean Susan. I have looked all over the 'net to see if there had been any articles about the hometown of one of my daughter's friends. Taylorville, MS. It's inland, so it probably doesn't have the sensational damage the costal areas have, but I think they are out of commission nevertheless.

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Kathyl, I wandered around to see what I could find out about Taylorville. It is in Smith County, 35% without power, lots of phones still out and they're in the 39- zip code area which means it may be a while before they get any mail. You can google to mississippi.gov and perhaps find out even more. If I understand the "track" of Katrina, (?) they got more powerful winds than we did but for fewer hours - think pinwheel or whirligig - and since they are so rural, they probably are very good at taking care of each other. But, no, no sensational for the tv guys. Polly

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Polly Esther

Thanks so much Polly. P (DD's friend) at one time said he had last talked to his father (a pastor) an hour before the eye was to go over them, and hadn't talked to him since (several days later). At that time he said every house in town was damaged. Here's what he wrote me a couple days later. I did hear from my dad last night finally and everyone is okay, at least they are still alive. There is not much left of my town and of course all of the homes are gone. Because we live in such a rural area no help has come yet and they are just taking things one step at a time. I really want to load my car up and just head down there but becasue of the roads I dont think it would do any good. Luckily my dads motorcycle survived so he was able to drive to a high point area to get cell phone servie to call me. But there was not enough gas to make another trip to call so he was hoping that soon service on the cell phone towers would be restored. They have set up a shelter at two of the local churches that somewhat survived. And as you have probably seen looting is a huge problem and not just in New Orleans, even in our small town, people are restless and in surivial mode. People are shooting people over the possiblilty of getting gas, which my dad said was a rumor because locally they have been out of gas since Sunday night.

Thanks again Polly. I'll check out the .gov site and see what they have to say. I haven't been bugging him about recent developments, he has enough on his mind without giving a situation report to everyone who asks.

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I just saw something so beautiful on the news. At one of the animal rescue shelters, there was a quite elderly wheelchair bound little lady. She wasn't doing a thing except rolling around, picking up pets and loving them. I don't know how long she can last but she sure was giving it her best shot. Atta girl. Polly

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Polly Esther

You betcha! It will probably lengthen all their lives!

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KJ

MY GATORS ARE OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Polly, I was so worried. And I'm glad those others are FREE! I saw how they were treated when we went to one of those shows when we first moved to FL. They had the audacity to tell us they were NOT hurting the gators--they were too old to fight back. I don't think any animal likes being shoved around or taunted....just my opinion. Both DH and I thought we were going to a Gator Farm where you got to see them at different times of their life. We were quite disappointed.

Butterfly (gator I liked the most was the one we had to wait to cross Gator Alley highway when we were going from Ft L to Tampa)

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They would have to knock me out and take me against my will if they tried to remove me without my 4 legged angels. My dogs are beside themselves when I leave just to see the doctor or go to the grocery store. My son says they set at the door and cry the whole time I'm gone.

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