First time on a helicopter...Took charcoal and misc. stuff to Mexico Beach, and small communities North that have had no relief. (yes, I was a flying furnace!!!)

No way to describe Mexico Beach on the ground....took some nice clothes that were originally destined for the Salvation Army (and shoes/shoes/shoes my wife and I really never use), and folks grabbed them up quicker than the food.

Now I understand why folks DUCK (quack quack) when departing a helicopter---while you don't have to, your brain instinctively yells out "DUCK!"

I also got to yell "get to da choppah", which drew a few laughs and a few eye rolls.

Had some cold beanie weenies and warm Co-Cola with a family outside Wewahitchka who said we were the first people they had seen (yes, I am a people!) since the storm.

Lastly, drank a case of beer with the inmates from a correctional facility near Wewa----Just Kiddin' ----actually, took them a buncha water to use while correcting them as often as I could! Pretty good guys until you realize the guy next to you probably murdered his whole family.

That is all!!

thanks for the info. Those folks probably appreciate what you did more than you know. I know that i am forever thankful to all of the groups that came and helped clean up the coast after Katrina. I lost my home and everything else during Katrina and i don't wish that on anyone.

(10-15-2018 11:20 AM)Footballeagle Wrote:  thanks for the info. Those folks probably appreciate what you did more than you know. I know that i am forever thankful to all of the groups that came and helped clean up the coast after Katrina. I lost my home and everything else during Katrina and i don't wish that on anyone.

Thanks...I'm trying to laugh on the outside while cryin' on the inside...

Those folks were like my ancestors; gritty, tough, never complaining, lower middle class farmers who don't like to ask for help. The PRIDE the whole families displayed was genuine and hereditary. I hugged every last g*ddamned one of 'em, and no one gave a sh*t if you were Demo or Rep, black, white, Christian, Jew or Atheist!

Too bad it takes destruction to bring out the best in us...sorry for the rant.

You from the area EB?

(10-15-2018 12:51 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  You from the area EB?

Yes my brother, I believe we had a beer together one time, ifffen you are the same EagleFWB with Eagle family ties.

Good deal old friend...

(10-15-2018 02:18 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  Good deal old friend...

QUIT TELLIN' THEM I'M OLD!

(10-15-2018 01:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 12:51 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  You from the area EB?

Yes my brother, I believe we had a beer together one time, ifffen you are the same EagleFWB with Eagle family ties.

At Mcguire's, or was it Slick Micks,..... many years ago?

(10-16-2018 01:07 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 01:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 12:51 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  You from the area EB?

Yes my brother, I believe we had a beer together one time, ifffen you are the same EagleFWB with Eagle family ties.

At Mcguire's, or was it Slick Micks,..... many years ago?

Actually, I think BOTH! Probably 10-12 years ago, when I was 30 and you were 25!

I work down 30-A, but maybe you can buy me that beer you owe me one day!

(10-16-2018 02:31 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-16-2018 01:07 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 01:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 12:51 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  You from the area EB?

Yes my brother, I believe we had a beer together one time, ifffen you are the same EagleFWB with Eagle family ties.

At Mcguire's, or was it Slick Micks,..... many years ago?

Actually, I think BOTH! Probably 10-12 years ago, when I was 30 and you were 25!

I work down 30-A, but maybe you can buy me that beer you owe me one day!

Well, I'll be damned.... I had no idea you were the same guy as the other user name. I just thought you'd disappeared.

(10-16-2018 03:22 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  

(10-16-2018 02:31 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-16-2018 01:07 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 01:25 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 12:51 PM)EagleFWB Wrote:  You from the area EB?

Yes my brother, I believe we had a beer together one time, ifffen you are the same EagleFWB with Eagle family ties.

At Mcguire's, or was it Slick Micks,..... many years ago?

Actually, I think BOTH! Probably 10-12 years ago, when I was 30 and you were 25!

I work down 30-A, but maybe you can buy me that beer you owe me one day!

Well, I'll be damned.... I had no idea you were the same guy as the other user name. I just thought you'd disappeared.

Rumors of my disappearance are greatly exaggerated..

(10-15-2018 11:42 AM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 11:20 AM)Footballeagle Wrote:  thanks for the info. Those folks probably appreciate what you did more than you know. I know that i am forever thankful to all of the groups that came and helped clean up the coast after Katrina. I lost my home and everything else during Katrina and i don't wish that on anyone.

Thanks...I'm trying to laugh on the outside while cryin' on the inside...

Those folks were like my ancestors; gritty, tough, never complaining, lower middle class farmers who don't like to ask for help. The PRIDE the whole families displayed was genuine and hereditary. I hugged every last g*ddamned one of 'em, and no one gave a sh*t if you were Demo or Rep, black, white, Christian, Jew or Atheist!

Too bad it takes destruction to bring out the best in us...sorry for the rant.

@goodsouls

I always try to do a 'good deed for the day'.....I don't give two shites about the $$$....

#tothechopper

(10-16-2018 06:30 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 11:42 AM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(10-15-2018 11:20 AM)Footballeagle Wrote:  thanks for the info. Those folks probably appreciate what you did more than you know. I know that i am forever thankful to all of the groups that came and helped clean up the coast after Katrina. I lost my home and everything else during Katrina and i don't wish that on anyone.

Thanks...I'm trying to laugh on the outside while cryin' on the inside...

Those folks were like my ancestors; gritty, tough, never complaining, lower middle class farmers who don't like to ask for help. The PRIDE the whole families displayed was genuine and hereditary. I hugged every last g*ddamned one of 'em, and no one gave a sh*t if you were Demo or Rep, black, white, Christian, Jew or Atheist!

Too bad it takes destruction to bring out the best in us...sorry for the rant.

@goodsouls

I always try to do a 'good deed for the day'.....I don't give two shites about the $$$....

#tothechopper

That's why "you da man" stink!

Tiny towns like Alford FL are really suffering...folks are taking baths AND drinking water from their ponds and nearby lakes!

IF IF IF I get a chance to go back, I'm going to some of those rural areas that have seen NOBODY because they are not on the radar, literally and figuratively.

Just think...weeks with no water, electricity or phone service...but in the middle of nowhere!

May be wrong, but the death toll in the end is gonna be much higher than 35.