Looks like he's OK. I got this e-mail from him yesterday: Hello Cousins, Cousines & Researchers, I'm happy to inform you that all that happened to me is some water on the floorboard of my car, (engine is ok), displacement for (2) weeks by living with in-laws. Today my bride (of last April), Elaine, and I have just returned to our apartment (second floor condo). We are all in good shape. My wife got help from an old co-worker, Betty Morris of Ormon, St. Charles Parish. Come to find out she and her husband are both from Catahoula Parish. She has an ancestry from the surname, Swayze. She knew of all these other surnames of Catahoula Parish, Ford, Pool and Taylor that I'm interested in. I'm going to get together with her later to explore our family trees. She could be a distant cousine. The devastation is just terrible. We have friends our age, try early seventies, that we may never see again. The local Mardi Gras float maker, Blaine Kern, says we will have Mardi Gras. Well, I find that hard to believe. Our love to all. Thank you so much for inquiring about me. Robert Croxton Whitney of the Mississippi Whitneys