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Post-Katrina, work can be the most fun people have all day.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 31-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Windy Swetman Sr., District 1 constable for Harrison County, is one of the many Coast residents who survived Hurricane Katrina by hanging onto a tree after his home was flooded.

Swetman was in the water clinging to a tree with his lifelong friend Gene Tauzin for about six hours. Swetman plucked out an ice chest to put on his head to protect it from the debris and help prevent heat loss since he was getting cold being in the water. Then a plastic pot for plants floated by, and Tauzin grabbed it to protect his head.

Tauzin started laughing and Swetman asked, "What's so funny?" Tauzin said, "If we had a can of Budweiser in each hand and there was someone with a camera, we could make a fortune."

With so much devastation and many people who ended up spending the hurricane in trees or on rooftops, there are literally...

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