The Stilwells' Adventure

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Posted on Thu, Sep. 01, 2005
The Stilwells' Adventure
by Tony Gnoffo
Philadelphia Inquirer

As Katrina bore down on Biloxi, Gary and Valentina Stilwell decided they'd be better off hunkering down in their 19th-century Creole cottage a few blocks from the beach than to try to evacuate and get stuck in traffic on some bridge.
So as the storm gathered strength Monday morning, they lit cigarettes, stood on their back porch and watched the water lap at their rear steps. They watched first with bemusement, then concern, and finally dread as water overtook their efforts to move furniture out of its grasp.

"When we were up on the second floor," Gary Stilwell said, "we could hear the furniture bumping against the ceiling" below....

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