The bond money at the state level would be enough to get us started on a good, solid, statewide system but not to finish it.

We're looking at doing a convenience contract with a vendor to work with the governance structure (on the Coast). Because this (statewide) system isn't going to be available this summer and probably not next, we need to have a good plan for how we can use what we already have.

We know that it won't be ready (on the Mississippi Gulf Coast) for this hurricane season, and there probably won't be anything in place for next hurricane season. This is a huge undertaking, and there are curves ahead yet that we don't see.

The award is somewhat problematic for us because we are not greedy for money. For us, this has been a matter of following the contract.

It's nice when people say they want to raise money for you. Because it was brought to us by the writers, it was even more special.

We saved money by cultivating a garden, and it never really occurred to us that most folks bought their vegetables at the supermarket.