Louisianians fleeing Hurricane Gustav on Interstate 55 Sunday night encountered the kindness of strangers. Hanging from an overpass crossing the northbound lanes several miles inside Mississippi was a blanket spray-painted with the words, "God Bless and Good Luck."
And several citizenry calling into Jackson, Miss., radio station US 96.3 Sunday night offered directions to their w. C. Fields and pastures, with an invitation for evacuees to camp and park RVs on the property.
That was not needfully the tolerant of help all drivers wanted. Around 9 p.m. Sunday, a woman from Metairie pulled into a gaseous state station just off I-55 in Crystal Springs, Miss. She was part of a five-vehicle convoy that included her husband, trey children and mother-in-law.
"This would be a lot easier," she said of the evacuation, "if you could drink and drive."
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