With the weather the way it was, it was a good turnout.

I have never experienced any weather that rough in the size of the boat that I was in. I could not control the boat. I did the best I could for about 10 to 11 hours to keep it afloat until we were evacuated. Everyone was seasick. Everyone had a loss of energy. It took a lot of persuasion on my part to get people into their survival suits, but the bottom line is we survived.

There's still potential for severe weather. We're watching the flooding and monitoring that very closely because we're concerned about some low-lying areas here in town. But other than that, we've just got the heavy rainfall and then the winds gusting up to some 30 miles an hour.

I just talked to my daughter, and he (Baby Gage) pulled one of his chest tubes out. Everything seems to be going good, thank God.

It was a shock to all of us.

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields andwoods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be coldand hungry and weary.