Ha ha, Dave! TBW, get your ass down there!

I would love to go in and flush toilets, but unfortunately I live 1340.43 miles away from there.

Seriously, for anyone that wanted to volunteer toward Katrina relief but couldn't do it, here ya go. Anyone can flush a toilet.

Obviously AB2K you haven't been in many public facilities these days.

I wonder if that's where the media stuffed the REAL Katrina news.

I will give Ms. Champagne a call and see if she's interested in an interview. But I can tell you that it will be almost logistically impossible for me to get down there. All hotel rooms in most of Louisiana and a good part of Mississippi are still booked by FEMA for homeless people due to Katrina. The last time I went down to Lafayette in late October for a business appointment, I had to drive down, conclude my business by 5PM and then drive all the way home, stopping five times along the way to try and find a hotel room. I could not find one and arrived home at 5AM. The situation regarding hotel bookings is still the same.

Sorry, guys, I just can't drive all day and all night just to flush a toilet. But I will call Ms. Champagne and see if I can get an article out of this.

Get used to that. The hurricanes= hotel shortage is still happening in Melbourne, Florida, and the hurricanes struck over a year ago.

Bunga: I said anyone CAN flush a toilet, meaning they have the physical ability to do so. You are right that they do not often get flushed. Just because people have the physical ability to flush does not mean they have the intelligence to do so.

I say the ex FEMA director should be tapped for this assignment. His nick name being "Brownie", makes it a rather appropriate ASSignment.

SamDamnit!
Rectum Rector
of
The Church of Poop
http://groups.myspace.com/THECHURCHOFPOOP

Hey Wiper. Maybe Ms Champagne would put you up for the night. That could make the drive down well worth your while. Just a thought.

Whether you participate or not, TBW, I think the story of the post-Katrina Cajundome plumbing makes an incredible story. If you could get down there and shadow Ms. Champagne that would be even better... but either way, I can't wait to hear what happens with this.

Although free lodging or not, 400 miles is a long way to go. I don't blame you for not wanting to do it.

I've made the first move towards contact, calling the Cajundome number. I reached Ms. Champagne's answering machine, explained my interest to her in the Flushout, gave her my phone number and e-mail addy, suggested ways to interview before and after, and now the ball is in her court.

Regarding the travel, Dave-O: it's not just the fact that you can't get a room. Gas is as expensive as hell still, making getting there for this one in person very problematical and expensive.

I'll keep you posted on any feedback from Ms. Champagne.

I'd think that with PoopReporters, gas wouldn't be an issue. People here seem to make plenty of their own, and it costs no more than the price of a bean burrito.

Oh. You meant gasOLINE. Nevermind.

PooperGal
"Searching for the Origin of the Feces"

Heh. I sure wish my van could run on broccoli farts and the like.

BTW, nothing yet from Ms. Champagne.

TBW. I hope when you left the message on her machine you didn't say "Hi, I'm The Big Wiper from PoopReport..."

Dave-O: I'm going to call down there to see if I can reach anyone after the Flushout has taken place. Perhaps Ms. Champagne would be amenable to a 'results' interview. Damn these answering machines! How does she expect volunteers to get through to her?

Later.

Hurray! Success! I was able to reach Ms. Champagne the day after the Flushout, and I've sent in an update for the site! I won't spoil things by revealing what happened!