Brooks andRrachel, You don't know how relieved hearing this makes me. Irrational, maybe, yes, but Ms. Willie Mae is such a sweet, kind, class act that many of her fans and friends have been worried about her. And I would do anything I could to make things just a little easier for her and her family. Anybody know how to reach them? Scott Here is what Brooks posted in the General/Katrina thread... I have. Lolis Elie, my friend, a Time Picayune COlumnist, (and omeone whole Treme home is deep in the water) and a very important voice for the disenfranchised in New Orleans, told me that Willie Mae and her family are safe in Shreveport. Best, Brooks ← ←