When who to my wondering ears should appear????

But- my former brother-in-law, Uncle Finis! Last week , interviewed from the Quarter in New Orleanson the O'Reilly Factor (FOX). Here's the story, initial background from Sally, confirmed last night.Apparently Finis chose to stay with his property and employees in the Quarter to defend both from nature and looters- not surprising if you know Finis. His building is next door to Antoine's and he seems to have had a good relationship with the owners. At any rate, rather than let their food spoil, he's been cooking it for both those hunkered down with him and the New Orleans Police who are holed up in theirstation across the street. At first he chose to stay and ride it out, but the lawless conditions worsened to the point where it was truly unsafe to leave the building and they had exhausted their supply of food and water. Yesterday morning he and others decided it was time to leave and scraped together enough money to hire a bus- where on earth from??!! The bus got there, they were trying to leave , and the Nat'l Guard came up and commandeered it, despite the attempted intervention by the Police. This was the tale he told on TV, emphasizing the lawlessness and total lack of cooperation between feds and local authorities.All this was confirmed by a surprise call from Finis himself later in the evening. He got all his employees out (one had a heart attack!) before it got so bad- now he and his friends (sans bus money) are more or less holed up with the police who are guarding their precinct building- no way to get out. How many times have we all said- "well, it seemed like a good idea at the time."?? I can't help but admire his spunk and determination,and I wish him safe and well.If you're so inclined, you can probably hear last week's interview at Bill O'Reilly.com- surely the only and last time I'll recommend anyone to a FOX news commentary!! (Sorry, Ellen!) If I've left anything out, Webb will fill you in- Guest Blogger Suzy Hubbell

The best comment of the night was by Finis...." Jesus will arrive in New Orleans, before we see the National Guard" Webb