I just got a call from my counterpart in Missouri, on how we're handling it. They're getting calls for cabins in southern Missouri.

This corporation is truly an example of corporate partnership and we are truly thankful for their support over the years and if it were not for them some of our events may not have been produced or would not have been as successful were it not for Arkansas Steel Associates.

I sent out an e-mail yesterday that people who fled the storm to lodges and cabins get to stay. People like you and me who still have a place to stay but who had a reservation at the park will get a gift certificate, or a room at another state park. I don't think that will be a problem with anyone who has an ounce of humanity in his bones.

I'd think that any federal property in Arkansas that's high and dry will be in use before this is over, but that's a guess.

Don't call me a curmudgeon. Everyone who writes about me calls me a curmudgeon. I don't know why.

I bet $5,000, ... Kido calls and raises $20,000. The other guy and I call the $20,000 rather quickly, hoping that it goes check-check on the river.