tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16037656.post-1125665504504784282005-09-02T07:51:00.000-05:002005-09-02T07:51:00.000-05:00Mickey Brown and Emile Barbe Sr. hitched rides in the back of pickup trucks from the New Orleans area to Alexandria, LA. <BR/><BR/>This morning they are okay.. my uncle Emile though is very upset, he hasn't heard from his girlfriend, Linda Beck, since before the storm. She lives in Cypress Gardens near Hannan High and Jumonville. She rode out the storm on her own. <BR/><BR/>My grandparents, Doris and Emile Barbe (in their 80s) have been through the ringer, waiting for hours in the rain for a bus to Houston. They arrived around 3:00 a.m. there at the Astrodome with their son Gerald Barbe and are now with family in Houston.<BR/><BR/>We heard St. Bernard is not getting help from the outside.. our family friends are the ones that picked them up in their own boat.. if not, they would still be in our Corinne Ave. home.Shelley Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12762670235468472767noreply@blogger.com